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GEORGE RICHARD AVGERINOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 9, 1948 – March 6, 1969
Service recordGeorge Richard Avgerinos, of South Holland, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 51
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 9, 1948
- Home of record
- South Holland, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 51
- EDGAR ACUNIALance Corporal · March 6, 1969
- RAL JEFRO ANDERSON JRPrivate · March 6, 1969
- THOMAS ALEXANDER BECKERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- JIMMY BOOKERLance Corporal · March 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE ELDERCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 52
- ROBERT EDWARD LEAMENSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 57
- STEVE EDWIN LOWERYCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 57
- CRAIG EMERY WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 61
From South Holland
- EDWARD JOSEPH FRENDLINGSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- ROBERT GEORGE CARRPrivate First Class · June 18, 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.