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GEORGE HAROLD WINKEMPLECK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 4, 1947 – October 10, 1967
Service recordGeorge Harold Winkempleck, of Porterville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 87
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)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Porterville, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 87
- ROBERT JAMES WISCHPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- ELLIS MILLER BAILEYCaptain · October 11, 1967
- DENNIS ARTHUR BEUKESpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
From Porterville
- RODNEY BALAAM CARTERCommander · October 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 25, 1967
- WAYNE DOUGLAS WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- CLIFFORD ALAN JONESPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RONNIE LOUIS PHELPSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- EDDIE D TURNERCorporal · October 23, 1967
- PATRICK ALBERT HIGGINSCorporal · May 10, 1968
- RONALD DAVID SHOCKLEYAirman Apprentice · August 24, 1968
- LARRY GENE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- DENNIS FLOYD ELLISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
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.