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GEORGE JOHN KOHLMEIR III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1945 – April 2, 1968
Service recordGeorge John Kohlmeir III, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 38
- ROBERT CECIL STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- DONALD FRANK WOODPetty Officer First Class · April 1, 1968
- ALVIN GEORGE YOXSIMERPetty Officer First Class · April 1, 1968
- HERBERT HUGO CATO IIIPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE LYLE BADGERSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 40
- ROBERT HERMAN RASSELSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 42
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 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.