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GEORGE PAROUNAGIAN JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 11, 1948 – February 25, 1968
Service recordGeorge Parounagian JR, of Miami, Florida, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 27
- WILLIAM T PITTMANSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- ARNOLD JAVIER RIVERAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBENASpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES E BENTLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 16
- BARTON W BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 17
- DANIEL DAVID CALLAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 17
- JERRY LEE COLLISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 19
- GERALD TYLER DOUGLASS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 20
- DENNIS FRANCIS GULICHSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 21
- ROBERT LOUIS HEARDSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 21
- VERLIN DON HOLDERBYSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 21
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.