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GEORGE WYCINSKY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1946 – September 22, 1966
Service recordGeorge Wycinsky JR, of Mcclellandtown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Mcclellandtown, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 1
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- JOHN DAVID WILLIAMSLance Corporal · September 22, 1966
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- RAYMOND E FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD PAUL BARTLESpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 131
- HUGH CONRAD CLAUSENSpecialist Five · Panel 10E, Line 131
- JOSEPH NICHOLAS DAVIPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 131
- SAMUEL ENNIS MURPHPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 132
- JAMES DAVID SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 133
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 1
From Mcclellandtown
- KENNETH RAY BELSARPrivate First Class · January 17, 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.