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GEORGE THOMAS POWELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1926 – April 24, 1967
Service recordGeorge Thomas Powell, of Salisbury, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
- Born
- February 19, 1926
- Home of record
- Salisbury, Maryland (Wicomico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 81
- GEORGE RICHARD OBERMEIERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- DANIEL TORRES PEREZLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- JAMES GERARD POMERLEAUCorporal · April 24, 1967
- PHILIP HOWARD SAUERFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1967
From Salisbury
- BARRIE VANE BARNESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CHARLES WALTER PARSONSStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1966
- JACK HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- DON LEE SHOCKLEYLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- ELMER NEAL DAVISPrivate · September 19, 1967
- JOHN DAVIS WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- ERNEST ARTHUR OLDSColonel · March 11, 1968
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CECIL VAUGHN EVANSStaff Sergeant · September 7, 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.