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GEORGE PEYTON COLANGELO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1943 – December 19, 1967
Service recordGeorge Peyton Colangelo, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 21
- EDGAR ALLEN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- CHARLES CARPENTERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- ROGER DALE EVANSLance Corporal · December 19, 1967
- LEROY EVERETTSergeant First Class · December 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVE EDWARD ASHFORDSergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 19
- JERRY LEE NATIONSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 26
- WINSTON ADAMS TAGGARTSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 28
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.