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GEORGE RICHARD DOVER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1933 – June 19, 1969
Service recordGeorge Richard Dover, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 88
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 8, 1933
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 88
- LLOYD J DOWNSSergeant First Class · June 19, 1969
- HARVEY ALBERT DUHY JRCorporal · June 19, 1969
- ANTHONY H FIGUEROA JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- CRAIG HABERLEINSergeant · June 19, 1969
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.