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GEORGE RICHARD PACKARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1945 – June 6, 1968
Service recordGeorge Richard Packard, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 10
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 10
- MARVIN EDWARD MCLELLANDCorporal · June 6, 1968
- ZACK WILLIAM NAPIERSpecialist Five · June 6, 1968
- RODOLPH LEE NUNN JRLieutenant Colonel · June 6, 1968
- CECIL THOMAS OSCARCorporal · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM CUPPCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 27
- LOUIS GEORGE RHOADESCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 12
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 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.