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GEORGE ROBERT TUNISON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 24, 1945 – October 28, 1968
Service recordGeorge Robert Tunison, of White Hall, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1945
- Home of record
- White Hall, Illinois (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 52
- DAVID STUART TAYLOR JRCorporal · October 28, 1968
- HARRY LEON WELLSSergeant · October 28, 1968
- DANNY GENE WESTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
- STEVEN NEIL BEZOLDCaptain · October 29, 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.