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GEORGE RICHARD DARNELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 24, 1944 – June 9, 1967
Service recordGeorge Richard Darnell, of Scarsdale, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Born
- July 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Scarsdale, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 77
- GLENN ALLEN WATKINSCorporal · June 8, 1967
- HOWARD LEE WEBBSergeant · June 8, 1967
- ELWIN HARRY BUSCHCaptain · June 9, 1967
- HERMAN RAY CULLStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
From Scarsdale
- BRIAN J CLUNEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- EDWARD HENRY JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CRUMMMajor General · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES C WINSTON IIIMajor · August 1, 1967
- THOMAS JOLLEY DEANSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- WILLIAM D VANTASSEL JRSergeant · October 7, 1968
- WILLIAM GRAVELLE SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- WALTER ALOYSIUS JOYCELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- HOWARD RUSSELL BRUCKNERSergeant · August 18, 1969
- GOMER DAVID REESE IIICaptain · April 24, 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.