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GEORGE HENRY KINGSTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 7, 1950 – October 13, 1970
Service recordGeorge Henry Kingston JR, of Waterloo, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 132
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Waterloo, New York (Seneca County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 132
- JOSEPH LYONS CHESTNUTColonel · October 13, 1970
- ROBERT EDWARD HARPERCaptain · October 13, 1970
- LOUIS EMIL JANCAFirst Sergeant · October 13, 1970
- ANIBAL P LOZADA-WICHYSpecialist Four · October 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS LOREN FOWLERMaster Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 131
From Waterloo
- STEPHEN ROBERT WHITECorporal · April 29, 1968
- WILLIAM H VANGELDER JRPrivate First Class · August 15, 1970
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.