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GEORGE LEE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 5, 1945 – September 17, 1968
Service recordGeorge Lee JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 17
- LEON EDWARD KIZZIEPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- LIONEL MALDONADO-TORRESCorporal · September 17, 1968
- JERRY LEE MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MARLOWSergeant · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALAN CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 12
- WILLIE CHARLES HARDYCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 15
- RAYMOND JOHN MAZYCK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 15
- GEORGE DAVID SHANNONCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 22
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.