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GEORGE HOBERT NOE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 12, 1949 – May 26, 1969
Service recordGeorge Hobert Noe, of Cawood, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 112
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Cawood, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 112
- HENRY LEE MCARTHURCorporal · May 26, 1969
- ERIC DARYL NADEAUSpecialist Four · May 26, 1969
- EUAN JOHN ERNEST PARKERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- EDWIN ROMAN-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 26, 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.