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GEORGE JAMES WIDGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 3, 1946 – February 10, 1967
Service recordGeorge James Widger, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Born
- February 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 16
- WILLARD DAVID ARNOLDSergeant · February 11, 1967
- RONALD E BERRISFORDPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- WILLIAM C FORESpecialist Four · February 11, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 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.