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GEORGE THOMAS MANGRUM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1946 – June 29, 1967
Service recordGeorge Thomas Mangrum, of Rogersville, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 84
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Rogersville, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 84
- JAMES ROBERT LESTERPlatoon Sergeant · June 29, 1967
- KEVIN GERALD OCONNELLPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- JUNIOR B PACKSpecialist Four · June 29, 1967
- ROBERT PENDARVISSpecialist Four · June 29, 1967
From Rogersville
- JIMMY REX BALLPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- ALBERT JUNIOR JONESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
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.