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GEORGE MARKOS
Captain · U.S. Army
October 13, 1939 – February 7, 1965
Service recordGeorge Markos, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 85
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)
- Born
- October 13, 1939
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 85
- RALPH WAYNE BROUGHMANSpecialist Four · February 7, 1965
- EDWARD ANDREW DICKSONLieutenant · February 7, 1965
- GERALD DEAN FOUNDSSpecialist Five · February 7, 1965
- THEODORE LAMBPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
From Ft Worth
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK EGANLieutenant Commander · April 29, 1966
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.