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GEORGE LOUIS MINER
Captain · U.S. Army
June 12, 1945 – August 17, 1969
Service recordGeorge Louis Miner, of Southold, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 55
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Southold, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 55
- JAMES RANDOLPH HURSTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1969
- DONALD JAMES JRStaff Sergeant · August 17, 1969
- FREDERICK MEZZATESTASpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
- STEVEN MICHAEL MIOTKECorporal · August 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS BOWMANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 53
- GERALD LEWIS CATONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 53
- PAUL ROBERT HOPKINSCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 54
- JAYSON FRED ULRICHSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 57
From Southold
- ROBERT JOHN BYRNESStaff Sergeant · September 22, 1968
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.