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GEORGE WAYNE LARGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 12, 1945 – June 11, 1968
Service recordGeorge Wayne Large, of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 27
- DAVID HUGH LALICHCorporal · June 11, 1968
- CONRAD LERMANCorporal · June 11, 1968
- WILLARD DALE MARSHALLCaptain · June 11, 1968
- HERBERT NEIL STEHLESpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOBY ERNEST COLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 23
- HERBERT NEIL STEHLESpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 27
From Elizabeth
- JOHN VINCENT CHUTISStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN BURKHARDTLance Corporal · May 27, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK SMITHSergeant First Class · August 26, 1968
- LEE DANIEL THOMASSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- ALEX DENNIS PYSZSpecialist Four · October 27, 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.