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GEORGE W LOCKE JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1946 – October 13, 1967
Service recordGeorge W Locke JR, of New Cumberland, West Virginia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 102
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- New Cumberland, West Virginia (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 102
- WILLIAM JULIUS MILLERSeaman Apprentice · October 13, 1967
- BOYD ELLIS MORROWMajor · October 13, 1967
- BRUCE ARMAND PAQUETTESpecialist Four · October 13, 1967
- WAYNE RICHARD POLLARDLance Corporal · October 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANGEL IRIZARRY-HERNANDEZSpecialist Six · Panel 27E, Line 101
- STANLEY JESSE KERRSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 101
- EDWARD JOHN RAFFERTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 103
- ROBERT CHARLES WINGSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 104
From New Cumberland
- KENNETH CLINTON SPENCERSergeant · September 23, 1968
- HUGHIE FRANKLIN SNIDERSpecialist Four · April 28, 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.