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GEORGE HENRY TOUSLEY III
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 9, 1947 – February 8, 1972
Service recordGeorge Henry Tousley III, of Florissant, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 8, 1972, in Laos, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 105
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Florissant, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1972. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 105
- JAMES EDWARD MAXWELLSpecialist Four · February 6, 1972
- ROBERT EDWARD LUTZ JRLieutenant · February 9, 1972
- JAMES LESTER ENNISSpecialist Four · February 10, 1972
- CARL DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1972
From Florissant
- THOMAS MICHAEL NOWACKPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH GENE BLANTONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LOUIS FERDINAND KEEVENChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MURPHY IIICorporal · March 10, 1968
- JAMES DAVID AMESSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUSSergeant · September 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL WEICHECorporal · January 31, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS PREVEDELSergeant First Class · April 17, 1969
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE FREYPrivate First Class · July 14, 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.