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GEORGE ROBERT DORCHAK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1948 – September 7, 1968
Service recordGeorge Robert Dorchak, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 61
- CECIL VAUGHN EVANSStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1968
- JAMES ELLIS FAROPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GERRISHHospitalman · September 7, 1968
- JOSEPH SCHMIDTCorporal · September 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THOMAS CLONEY IIISergeant · Panel 45W, Line 60
- LLOYD DOUGLAS DOERINGSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 60
- CARL NICHOLAS M HORNERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 62
- JAMES JOSEPH NEIDLINGERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 63
- CHARLES GLENN RUSSELLCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 64
- CARLOS DYRAL VIBBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 64
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.