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GEORGE IVISON MIMS JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 17, 1940 – December 20, 1965
Service recordGeorge Ivison Mims JR, of Manning, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 20, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 30
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 433 TFS
- Born
- May 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Manning, South Carolina (Clarendon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 30
- RONALD MILLER FEROWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1965
- LARY DALE FOGLEPrivate First Class · December 20, 1965
- GUY DAVID JOHNSONCaptain · December 20, 1965
- TERRY FISHER KATTERHENRYCaptain · December 20, 1965
From Manning
- HERSCHEL RUDOLPH WARDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- JOHN COLEMAN ARDISStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1966
- AARON BLANDINGSergeant · November 13, 1966
- GLEN ALLEN ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
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.