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A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967.
A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, DASPO, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of George Noble Deverall.

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GEORGE NOBLE DEVERALL

Captain · U.S. Army

May 31, 1942 – April 10, 1968

Service record

George Noble Deverall, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 49E · Line 10

Position of Panel 49E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Unit (as recorded)
SPECIAL FORCES
Born
May 31, 1942
Home of record
Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 10, 1968
Age
25
Province
Quang Duc
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 49E, Line 10

Same unit, same day

From Arlington

All 54 names from Arlington →

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.