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GEORGE MERRITT PAGE JR
Airman · U.S. Navy
December 9, 1948 – June 12, 1969
Service recordGeorge Merritt Page JR, of Santa Monica, California, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 12, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 35
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- December 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 35
- ALFREDO OCHOA JRPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- JAKE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- DAVID HAROLD PALMIERIPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- LORENZO RICHARD PETTISCorporal · June 12, 1969
From Santa Monica
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1967
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.