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GEORGE LLOYD DUPLESSIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 6, 1947 – December 2, 1967
Service recordGeorge Lloyd Duplessis, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 23
- GERRY GEORGE CHESNUTSergeant First Class · December 2, 1967
- RICHARD ALEXANDER CROSBYStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- WILLIAM LAMAR DWIGHTLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HAROLD MANNSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 25
- DONALD WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 26
- TOMMY RAY THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 27
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.