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GEORGE J BEDROSSIAN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 15, 1939 – May 9, 1968
Service recordGeorge J Bedrossian, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 9, 1968, in Thailand, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 15, 1939
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 14
- KENNETH W ARNOLDCorporal · May 9, 1968
- JAMES CURTIS BANGPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- HARRY THOMAS BOWMAN IIHospitalman · May 9, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS BOYERPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 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.