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JAMES EDWARD GEORGE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 19, 1947 – February 8, 1968
Service recordJames Edward George JR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Refrigeration Specialist (51L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 8, 1968
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 38E, Line 28
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE GLASPERLance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- RICHARD J GLENNFirst Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- LEON G GRESHAMERSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD W LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 32
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.