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GEORGE ROBERT WALL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 18, 1948 – June 23, 1970
Service recordGeorge Robert Wall, of Wrens, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 87
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Wrens, Georgia (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 87
- TOBY ARTHUR THOMASFireman · June 23, 1970
- WAYNE RICHARD ANDERSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 24, 1970
- GEORGE ANTHONY CAPUANOSergeant · June 24, 1970
- THOMAS DAVID CATLINSergeant · June 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LOUIS BALDINICorporal · Panel 9W, Line 81
- NEWTON STEVE CLEMENTStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 82
- DONALD ALBERT ROWLEYCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 86
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.