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GEORGE WILLIAM MAINARDY
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 17, 1950 – April 15, 1972
Service recordGeorge William Mainardy, of Baldwin, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 15, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 137 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 137
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Baldwin, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 137
- DAVID HIRAM STAMPERSpecialist Four · April 14, 1972
- ROY EUGENE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 14, 1972
- DALLAS LEE NIHSENSpecialist Five · April 15, 1972
- JON HUBBARD SANDERSTechnical Sergeant · April 15, 1972
From Baldwin
- KENNETH M RORABACKMaster Sergeant · November 24, 1963
- ARTHUR GLIDDENSergeant First Class · November 9, 1966
- ROBERT LUDECKERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- RICHARD WALKER HARPERFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- PETER HERMAN HEISSENBUTTELSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ANTHONY ALFRED GIRETTISecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1969
- CHARLES MICHAEL REEDSergeant · September 10, 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.