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GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1934 – April 30, 1966
Service recordGeorge Thomas Stridiron, of Richmond Hill, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 15
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1934
- Home of record
- Richmond Hill, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 15
- PAUL TIMOTHY WHITTINGTONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- WILLIAM LYLE BAUERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1966
- CHARLES BOYD WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD ROBERT HYSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 13
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 13
- EDWARD R LETOURNEAU JRSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 14
- HAROLD B MARSHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 14
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 14
- PAUL TIMOTHY WHITTINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
From Richmond Hill
- LOUIS EDWARD WILLETTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE STRACKPrivate · March 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD SIBILLYSergeant · September 7, 1967
- BRUCE ROBERT HAYESLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- EDWARD VINCENT COFFEYCorporal · August 21, 1968
- PATRICK JOHN MCCORMICKCorporal · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD REHDERSpecialist Four · October 20, 1968
- FREDRICK STANLEY SHAVELSpecialist Four · April 16, 1969
- DOUGLAS RAY ANDERSONTechnical Sergeant · July 3, 1970
- MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · October 11, 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.