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GEORGE PAUL CUSTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1947 – May 22, 1967
Service recordGeorge Paul Custer, of Wheeling, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 83
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Wheeling, West Virginia (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 83
- HAROLD ANDREW FORDSecond Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES GABRIEL JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- ANTONIO GUERRA GARZA JRPrivate · May 22, 1967
From Wheeling
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- MARTIN C KNAPPStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT DAVE HICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1965
- DAVID WALLACE WICKHAM IILieutenant · December 17, 1965
- CHARLES E ANDERSON JRCorporal · February 18, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD MCCROBIECorporal · February 23, 1967
- JOSEPH RONALD KLUGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · July 29, 1967
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- DAVID PAUL MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
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.