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GEORGE S PHENNEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1938 – January 1, 1967
Service recordGeorge S Phenney, of Petoskey, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 107
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 39 ENG BN 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Petoskey, Michigan (Emmet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 107
- MICHAEL D CANNADAYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- CHARLES LEROY RAIFORD JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- LARRY DEAN ALLENPetty Officer First Class · January 2, 1967
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
From Petoskey
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BODZICKSpecialist Four · December 2, 1966
- DOUGLAS HOWARD TANNERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1970
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.