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GEORGE LEANDER BOURNE
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
May 6, 1947 – August 7, 1969
Service recordGeorge Leander Bourne, of East Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 106
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 6, 1947
- Home of record
- East Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 106
- NORMAN LEE BARTONCorporal · August 7, 1969
- TERRENCE CARMINE BRASILESergeant · August 7, 1969
- EDWARD BRUNOLance Corporal · August 7, 1969
- CHARLES MICHAEL COLLIERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
From East Providence
- BRUCE ELWIN MANSFIELDTechnical Sergeant · June 5, 1966
- JOHN DUTRA ANDRADESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- WILLIAM GREGORY SILVASergeant · May 29, 1967
- DANIEL ROBERT DYEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM PIGOTTCaptain · May 18, 1969
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.