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GEORGE M HARRINGTON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 30, 1940 – April 6, 1967
Service recordGeorge M Harrington, of Lamar, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Lamar, Colorado (Prowers County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 114
- CONRAD EARL POOLESpecialist Five · April 6, 1967
- ABELARDO ARAUJOPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- DONALD EARL BOSTONPetty Officer Third Class · April 7, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MONROE DYKESSpecialist Five · Panel 17E, Line 110
- JOHNNY ELMER LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 112
- VINCENTE MEDINA-TORRESMaster Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 112
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 113
- HENRY EDWARD PATENAUDESergeant First Class · Panel 17E, Line 113
- CONRAD EARL POOLESpecialist Five · Panel 17E, Line 114
From Lamar
- FREDERICK LEE MANLYCorporal · January 2, 1968
- RALPH DEAN HIRSCHLER JRCorporal · March 11, 1968
- RUSSELL ALLEN SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1970
- LAVOY DON MCVEYCaptain · March 2, 1970
- JOHN MAREZ CHAVARRIACorporal · March 4, 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.