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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of George Michael Bevich JR.

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GEORGE MICHAEL BEVICH JR

Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force

July 10, 1944 – December 4, 1966

Service record

George Michael Bevich JR, of Summit Hill, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 4, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 13E · Line 9

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Airman Second Class (A2C)
Service
Regular
Born
July 10, 1944
Home of record
Summit Hill, Pennsylvania (Carbon County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 4, 1966
Age
22
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

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20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.