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GEORGE HENRY NUNEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1947 – January 19, 1968
Service recordGeorge Henry Nunez, of Picacho, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 81
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Picacho, New Mexico (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 81
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- FRED JOHN PINSONAULTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RONALD LEE RICKARDPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- PAUL WILLIAM ROBINSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VAUGHN MARVIN ANGELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 73
- KERRY MICHAEL BUGAJSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 74
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 75
- MICHAEL PATRICK HALPINPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 77
- GENE DANIEL HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 77
- JACK JOSEPH KUPFERERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 78
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 81
- EDWARD ODELL SPENCERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
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.