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GEORGE MICHAEL BINNS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1949 – March 3, 1969
Service recordGeorge Michael Binns, of Kent, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 19
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Kent, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 19
- BILLY HOWARD BESTCorporal · March 3, 1969
- PAUL JOSEPH BUCZOLICHPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- FRED DOUGLAS BURTONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- JOSEPH LLOYD FREEMAN JRLance Corporal · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARRY TODD HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 23
- MANUEL HIGUERAPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 23
- WILLIE ERSKINE MADDENCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 27
- RANDY ROY MUELLERCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 27
- DARRYL EUGENE MCCARTNEYMajor · Panel 30W, Line 28
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS SAMSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 30
- WAYNE WINSTON TEEPLESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 33
From Kent
- ALLEN FRANK SCRANTON JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- FREDRICK MARLTON BINDERCorporal · June 27, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND AARDELance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- CLIFFORD OTIS WARECorporal · January 14, 1968
- DAVID JOEL SCHULTZPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- PATRICK LEE DEWATERLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- GREGORY JEROME NICCOLILance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SANFORDPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- EDWARD ROWE SMILEY JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 1969
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.