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GEORGE MERRITT WISHAM JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1944 – January 4, 1968
Service recordGeorge Merritt Wisham JR, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 44
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 44
- MICHAEL RAY BAKERPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE BORNMANSergeant · January 5, 1968
- ERNEST FRANK BRIGGS JRSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- LARRY ISHMUEL BRIGGSSpecialist Five · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MEREDITH ALTON GABRIELSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 36
- OSCAR HARDISONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 37
- WAYNE H KELMANCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 38
- RICHARD LYTLE LONGStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 38
- THOMAS MCCRAYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 39
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 41
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 41
- EUGENE FREDERICK SWEET JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 42
- ROBERT VALENTI VINSCOTSKISpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 43
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 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.