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GEORGE MICKEL VINEYARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 1, 1945 – October 23, 1967
Service recordGeorge Mickel Vineyard, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 1, 1945
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 58
- EARL GAUTNEYStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1967
- OSCAR LOW THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- ROBERT G TSCHUMPERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- EDDIE D TURNERCorporal · October 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD L BIEBERCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 53
- WARREN DANE CAMPBELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 53
- KENNEY DEAN CHAPPELLSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 53
- GEORGE H COLBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 53
- ANTHONY JOHN ESTELLAPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 54
- WILLIAM FORDSergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 54
- DANIEL BRUCE HERRELLCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 55
- LEROY HOPKINS JRCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 55
- DEAN HAROLD MESSERSMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 56
- CHARLES EDWARD MULLISSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 56
- JOSEPH PATRICK PINKSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 56
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 57
- ROBERT JOY SIMEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 57
- ROBERT G TSCHUMPERPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 58
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.