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GEORGE LATHAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1949 – April 29, 1968
Service recordGeorge Lathan, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 5
- ARTHUR F MCQUADE JRSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- HURIEL LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- DONALD L MUSSELMANSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- THOMAS ALLEN NYSTROMPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 46
- THOMAS STANLEY COOKSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 47
- LARRY ODELL COPELANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 47
- RONAL EDWARD CRITZERPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 47
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 47
- EDWARD ALBERT GAFFNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 1
- JOSEPH THOMAS KOVALOFFSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 3
- DAVID GAIL LEDGERWOODSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 3
- VERNON WALTER NIX IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 3
- DAVID LYNN MASSAPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 4
- THOMAS ALLEN NYSTROMPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 5
- LLOYD WILLIAM PEELE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 6
- STEPHEN ROBERT WHITECorporal · Panel 53E, Line 6
- LORENZO STEGALLPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 7
- THOMAS LIONEL TWYFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 7
- ADOLFO MORENO PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 8
- LUCKY GAYLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 8
- GARY WISNIERSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 9
- GARY LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 9
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 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.