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GEORGE RICHARD ANNOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1947 – May 16, 1967
Service recordGeorge Richard Annos, of Calexico, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Calexico, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 5
- ROBERT BENTON BAILEYPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- ROBERT OWEN BARRYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER BEDNARZPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- LEONARD THOMAS BISHSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS EMIDIO BRIZZOLIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 6
- DENNIS RAYE HOOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 9
- JAMES LEONARD RAYCorporal · Panel 20E, Line 10
- FREDDIE LEE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 10
From Calexico
- LUIS ALFONSO LOPEZ-RAMOSSergeant · June 3, 1968
- RAMON S HERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIELS JRCorporal · May 14, 1969
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.