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GEORGE RALPH POWELL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 31, 1947 – June 21, 1968
Service recordGeorge Ralph Powell JR, of Grafton, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 15
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Grafton, West Virginia (Taylor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 15
- DONALD DUANE KORBPlatoon Sergeant · June 21, 1968
- FRANCOIS ACHILLE PETERSONCorporal · June 21, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 1968
- ASTOR SCALES JRSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
From Grafton
- LARRY KEITH LEACHPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- ROBERT LEE KNISELY JRCorporal · October 1, 1968
- PAUL FRANCIS KLUGFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1970
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.