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GEORGE THOMAS SUBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1946 – April 5, 1967
Service recordGeorge Thomas Subert, of Berwyn, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 108
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Berwyn, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 108
- BROOKE MCKAY SHADBURNECaptain · April 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- WALTER MURRELL SNEADSergeant · April 5, 1967
- HAROLD LEE TALLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS EUGENE AVERYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 101
- GUY ALBERT BYRDSergeant First Class · Panel 17E, Line 102
From Berwyn
- CHARLES ALBERT SLAGERCorporal · October 18, 1966
- ROBERT RONALD SWANPrivate · September 1, 1967
- LEE BRIAN JARVISSergeant · September 7, 1967
- JOHN PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM RASSANOSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- GARY EDWARD BECKERSpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN DONOVANSergeant · June 7, 1968
- PETER STEVEN TYRKAPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- NORMAN WILLIAM BARTELSCorporal · October 25, 1968
- JAMES CLELLON STORYPrivate · June 13, 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.