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GEORGE JAMES SINGLETON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 13, 1947 – May 3, 1968
Service recordGeorge James Singleton, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 29
- SCOTT DOUGLAS REEDPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JULIAN SOLIZCorporal · May 3, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL SOUTHEYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- ROGER HOWARD SPARKSSergeant · May 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY WAYNE BRIDGEMANSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 22
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 24
- ARTHUR FLETCHER CHANEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 54E, Line 24
- DERVIN JOHN KEISLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 26
- JOHN EDWARD MANSONPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 27
- BOBBY LYN MCKAINChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 54E, Line 27
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 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.