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GEORGE GUERRA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 16, 1943 – May 22, 1968
Service recordGeorge Guerra JR, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 9
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 9
- ANDRES AVALOS GONZALEZCorporal · May 22, 1968
- JOHN HENRY HALMAN JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- CLYDE RANDALL HAMBYPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM BURDICK HUGHESStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE RAY COURTNEY JRCorporal · Panel 65E, Line 6
- PAUL ALLEN PROEHLSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 8
- JOE RAYMOND HINESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 65E, Line 11
- GALE WILLIAM DIXONSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 13
- DAVID WESLEY MOSELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 13
- LARRY JUNIOR SAMPLESCorporal · Panel 66E, Line 2
- ANGEL LUIS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 66E, Line 2
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.