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GEORGE HEYWARD WALLINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1948 – May 16, 1968
Service recordGeorge Heyward Wallington, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 21
- ROBERT ALFRED WAGNERSergeant · May 16, 1968
- TERRY MICHAEL WARDPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- STEPHEN LEE WOODARDPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- ABRAHAM KAALELE AHUNASergeant First Class · May 17, 1968
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.