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GEORGE QUAMO
Major · U.S. Army
June 10, 1940 – April 14, 1968
Service recordGeorge Quamo, of Averill Park, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 1
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. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 10, 1940
- Home of record
- Averill Park, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. 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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 50E, Line 1
- RICHARD FREDRICK RENNOLETSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- PHILIP FRANCIS SHERIDANLance Corporal · April 14, 1968
- RONALD CARLTON SMITHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- STANLEY R STELLMACH JRSergeant · April 14, 1968
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.