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GEORGE HENRY PACIO
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
March 15, 1947 – December 21, 1970
Service recordGeorge Henry Pacio, of Long Beach, New York, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 21, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 135
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Beach, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 135
- ALBERT JACOB VANDERHAAGSergeant · December 20, 1970
- ROBERT PHILIP NOWICKICorporal · December 21, 1970
- VERNON RAY ANDERSON JRSpecialist Five · December 22, 1970
- TONY HOWARD MYERSSpecialist Four · December 22, 1970
From Long Beach
- ARMAND ROY GRAHAMPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- RUSSELL JAY FAUSER JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- EDWARD BRUNOLance Corporal · August 7, 1969
- DONALD FREDERICK ROBINSONSergeant · August 10, 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.