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GEORGE J CARRILLO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1944 – February 6, 1967
Service recordGeorge J Carrillo JR, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 127
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 24, 1944
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 127
- ROGER VINCENT PAUL BURKECorporal · February 6, 1967
- JIMMY LEE BUSSEYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- GILMORE WILSON CHRISTYSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD CROSSLance Corporal · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 126
- GILMORE WILSON CHRISTYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 127
- RAYMOND MAURICE DARRIGANSergeant First Class · Panel 14E, Line 128
- FRED ARTHUR JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 129
- CHESTER PAUL SIMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 3
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.