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GEORGE VERNON AIREY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 21, 1944 – May 9, 1968
Service recordGeorge Vernon Airey JR, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Ann Arbor, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 12
- ROOSEVELT WHITEPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE ADOLFLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- ALBERT KAIWI AKAMUSergeant First Class · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 13
- JAMES BOYD ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 13
- JAMES CURTIS BANGPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 14
- ROBERT JOHN CAPANDASpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 16
- CARLOS WAYNE CORNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 17
- FREDDIE JAMES COX JRPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 17
- WINFORD R CRABBSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 18
- JOHN CHRISTIAN DOUGHERTYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 19
- FRANK WILLIAM ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 20
- VIRGIL JAMES FOWLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 21
- CHRIS WALTER FRANKHAUSERCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 21
- DANIEL GEORGE GLADDINGSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 22
- GEORGE ERVIN GUYETTSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 24
- ROBERT NELSON JONESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 25
- RAMIRO FROLIAN OLIVOCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 25
- RONALD NORMAN KOITZSCHSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 26
- DAYTON WAYNE LANIERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 57E, Line 26
- MITCHELL MCGUIRESergeant · Panel 57E, Line 29
- DONALD K MCNEILWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 57E, Line 29
- ALBERT EDWIN SMITHSergeant First Class · Panel 57E, Line 33
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 2
- MARK DOUGLAS YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 58E, Line 3
From Ann Arbor
- GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDESMajor · January 27, 1965
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 1965
- DONALD BARRETT RODDYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSONCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DAVID RAYMOND WAGENERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1967
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.