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GEORGE RAY POSEY
Fireman · U.S. Navy
July 27, 1948 – September 5, 1968
Service recordGeorge Ray Posey, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 5, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 42
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NAVSUPPACT DANANG
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 45W, Line 42
- ALEXANDER JOHNSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1968
- ROBERT LEROY JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLEE ANDREW KIRKENDOLLPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- JAMES EMANUEL MURCHISONPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.