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GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOK
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1932 – August 7, 1967
Service recordGeorge Washington Schook, of Richland, Washington, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN USARV
- Born
- October 4, 1932
- Home of record
- Richland, Washington (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 86
- DONALD CLAY COULTERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
- ROBERT JULIAN DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES FITZGERALDLieutenant · August 7, 1967
- FRANK DANIEL GEORGEStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1967
From Richland
- DANNY A NETHSpecialist Five · March 5, 1966
- CLYDE EDWARD MURRPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- MARK STEPHEN BLACKPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID DOWDSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM PICKMajor · August 27, 1968
- CHARLES DEE GREENPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- DANIEL LEONARD WAGENAARPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- RICHARD DEAN NELSONCorporal · May 22, 1970
- THOMAS EUGENE TAYLORPrivate First Class · June 11, 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.