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GEORGE LEONARD SHOOK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1947 – September 22, 1965
Service recordGeorge Leonard Shook JR, of Hermosa Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 22, 1965, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Hermosa Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1965; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 93
- DAVID TIESON GRAHAM JRCorporal · July 11, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- EUGENE LEONARD ARANDAPrivate First Class · September 24, 1965
- GEOFFREY HOLMES OSBORNLieutenant (junior grade) · September 24, 1965
From Hermosa Beach
- DANNY LEE MCMINNCorporal · February 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY P GUGLIELMONIPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- ANTHONY STEVEN PAPALASPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- GERALD LOYD ROWEN IISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- RONALD LEE SCHUYLERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- MICHAEL ROSS MCCANNPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- RANDE LEE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1970
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.