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GEORGE JAMES ORR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 20, 1945 – April 17, 1971
Service recordGeorge James Orr, of Lincoln, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 131
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Illinois (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 131
- EDWIN FREDERICK FISHERCorporal · April 17, 1971
- PETER KAPAS JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1971
- GARY LEE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · April 17, 1971
- JAMES RONALD THOMASSergeant · April 17, 1971
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS JRCaptain · April 21, 1972
Same unit, same day
- WILLIS NORWOOD ANDREWSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 130
- GARY LEE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 131
From Lincoln
- JON DOUGLAS BAKERFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1967
- DAVID LEE JONESCorporal · November 8, 1967
- CARSON GREGORY CULLETONSergeant · July 25, 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.