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GEORGE WILLIAM GREGA
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 16, 1948 – November 2, 1969
Service recordGeorge William Grega, of Mckees Rocks, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 18
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Mckees Rocks, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 18
- GARY EUGENE GRUBBSSpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
- MICHAEL LEROY HARRISCorporal · November 2, 1969
- WESLEY HOMER HARRIS JRSpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
- DONALD GENE VOLLMERSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD GENE VOLLMERSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 18
- DAVID LEE MASONStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 20
- KEITH FRANK SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 20
- JON WILLIAM STOKKERMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 20
- JOHNNY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 21
From Mckees Rocks
- JOHN STEVEN WOOLHEATERPetty Officer Third Class · January 27, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN KOTIKLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES PATTONStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1968
- JOHN PASS IIISpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN ROSENWALDPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GAULTSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD METZLERPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
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.