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GEORGE SENSENY EYSTER JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
March 27, 1923 – January 14, 1966
Service recordGeorge Senseny Eyster JR, of Charles Town, West Virginia, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1923
- Home of record
- Charles Town, West Virginia (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1966
- Age
- 42
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 72
- RICHARD ROBERT RYNKIEWICZPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- THEODORE BUCHANAN SILASPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 72
- ANDRES GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 73
- JOSE RAMO PAGAN-CARTAGENASergeant · Panel 4E, Line 73
From Charles Town
- WILLIAM EARL WILLINGHAMStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE DILLOWSpecialist Four · April 8, 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.