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GEORGE LOUIS GAVARIA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 14, 1944 – December 1, 1966
Service recordGeorge Louis Gavaria, of Harwood Heights, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Harwood Heights, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 1
- WALTER DARYLE LEACHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- GARY LUMPKINPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH NELSON JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- LUIS ANTONIO RAMIREZLance Corporal · December 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS ALBANESEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 131
- DENNIS EUGENE BENEDETTISpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 131
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 131
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 132
- STEPHEN WAYNE DAYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 132
- XAVIER FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 132
- ALLAN JOSEPH NELSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 1
- CLIFFORD SMITHCaptain · Panel 13E, Line 2
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.