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GEORGE MYRON WALKINSHAW
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1946 – May 28, 1967
Service recordGeorge Myron Walkinshaw, of Long Beach, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 5
- NOBLE JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- FLOYD WAYNE KAASECaptain · May 28, 1967
- EDWARD GENE LACEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- DOUGLAS LLOYDMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1967
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.