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GEORGE RAYMOND WASHINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 6, 1949 – January 25, 1968
Service recordGeorge Raymond Washington, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 36
- LAWRENCE DEAN WILLIAMSSergeant · January 25, 1968
- ROGER LEROY BEAMSpecialist Five · January 26, 1968
- LAWRENCE CLIFFORD BLOOMSergeant · January 26, 1968
- JOHN ARNOLD BRISCOELance Corporal · January 26, 1968
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.