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GEORGE RICHARD PROCTOR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1943 – June 1, 1968
Service recordGeorge Richard Proctor, of Hondo, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 5
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Hondo, Texas (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 5
- DONALD RICHARD NORTH JRCorporal · June 1, 1968
- RUDY MICHAEL OLIVERASSergeant · June 1, 1968
- OSCAR C PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- FRANK MAURICE PROCTORSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EDWARD ARNOLDSpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 19
- JACK WAYNE CALFEEPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 20
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONRADYSpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 22
- DONALD DAVID MEISSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 4
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · Panel 61W, Line 9
From Hondo
- JOHN LUTHER CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT CLYDE YATESCorporal · May 27, 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.