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GEORGE THOMAS VERDINEK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1945 – August 8, 1965
Service recordGeorge Thomas Verdinek, of Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 8, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 48
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- November 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Bridgeville, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 48
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CALPSergeant First Class · August 6, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- HAROLD EDWIN GRAY JRLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1965
From Bridgeville
- JAMES K MCALEER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · August 22, 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.