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GEORGE ROBERT DARLING
Seaman · U.S. Navy
March 28, 1946 – June 16, 1966
Service recordGeorge Robert Darling, of South Portland, Maine, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 16, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 52
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- March 28, 1946
- Home of record
- South Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 52
- IGNATIUS CARLISIPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
From South Portland
- DANIEL PAUL TUELLPrivate First Class · December 5, 1966
- JOHN WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT W TEWKSBURYCorporal · December 7, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN TOPPICorporal · January 27, 1968
- WILLIAM GLEN FERGUSON JRCorporal · October 1, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER BAKASpecialist Four · April 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.