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GEORGE MICHAEL WALL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
December 5, 1944 – April 22, 1970
Service recordGeorge Michael Wall, of Houston, Mississippi, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 22, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 39
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Houston, Mississippi (Chickasaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 39
- RICHARD MICHAEL SPEERFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1970
- JOHN CLINE TOWLECaptain · April 22, 1970
- JAMES NELSON VARANSKYPrivate First Class · April 22, 1970
- HAROLD EDWARD BASEHORE JRFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1970
From Houston
- LEON VINCENT FOXPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- HAROLD DOUGLAS GORECorporal · May 31, 1968
- ALLEN AVERY GRIFFINSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
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.