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GEORGE HAROLD SAULS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1949 – March 8, 1968
Service recordGeorge Harold Sauls JR, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 60
- JAMES PAUL ROGANMajor · March 8, 1968
- MICHAEL DUANE ROLFECorporal · March 8, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES RUMSON JRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- JOHN EDGAR SEVERSONSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE JAMES BRYANTSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 52
- DAVID LEE CAREYPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 52
- GUY THOMAS JONESSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 56
- WILLIAM TERRY MANNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 57
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.