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GEORGE WILLIAM OVSAK
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1935 – February 22, 1967
Service recordGeorge William Ovsak, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 SF GRP SPEC FORCE
- Born
- January 26, 1935
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 75
- JOHN RICHARD MCCORDCorporal · February 22, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE MOORE JRSeaman · February 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JUNE MOOREPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- PATRICK EDWARD OBRIENCorporal · February 22, 1967
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.