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GEORGE WAYNE KAMENICKY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
November 25, 1946 – September 30, 1971
Service recordGeorge Wayne Kamenicky, of Sherman, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 30, 1971, in Laos, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 31
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Sherman, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1971. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 31
- RONALD LESLIE BONDCaptain · September 30, 1971
- MICHAEL LEO DONOVANCaptain · September 30, 1971
- FREDERICK CONRAD HEBERTWarrant Officer 1 · September 30, 1971
- RONALD GLENN RICKSSpecialist Four · September 30, 1971
From Sherman
- ARTHUR P WRIGHTCaptain · May 17, 1966
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- BILLY FRANK WATSONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- JERRY LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- LEONARD LEROY BEVELSSergeant · November 23, 1967
- DANNY LYNN GILSTRAPSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- DONALD ELLIOT WESTBROOKColonel · March 13, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS POLKLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- DONALD JAY ROEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RONALD GENE PACESpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
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.