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GEORGE W CHILDRESS
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 21, 1947 – July 23, 1967
Service recordGeorge W Childress, of Holcomb, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 109
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Holcomb, Missouri (Dunklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 109
- DEAN MITCHELL BERANEKSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RONALD PAUL BLAESEPrivate First Class · July 23, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER CARRPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1967
- STANLEY WESLEY DIXSpecialist Four · July 23, 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.