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GEORGE WILLIAM WINKLES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1949 – May 11, 1971
Service recordGeorge William Winkles JR, of College Place, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1949
- Home of record
- College Place, Washington (Walla Walla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 32
- LONNIE DEE FOLEYStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1971
- JERRY ALLEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1971
- JERRY WILLIAM LAMBERTSergeant First Class · May 11, 1971
- STEVEN LARRY MARTINSpecialist Four · May 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JERRY ALLEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 32
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.