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GEORGE PATRICK POWER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 29, 1948 – June 16, 1968
Service recordGeorge Patrick Power, of Mt Olive, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 7
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Mt Olive, North Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 56W, Line 7
- DAVID KING OMSTEADFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- STEPHEN BOYD OWENCorporal · June 16, 1968
- JOSEPH PRESTON JRLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- GERALD ADAM SZYSZPUTOWSKISergeant · June 16, 1968
From Mt Olive
- HERBERT PEARSALL JRSergeant · November 21, 1966
- PHILLIP WAYNE PIGFORDSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PHILLIP DEAN HARDYCorporal · June 11, 1969
- WILBERT EARL JONESSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- JOSEPH N HARGROVELance Corporal · May 15, 1975
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.