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JOHN WESLEY GEORGE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1949 – September 17, 1968
Service recordJohn Wesley George, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 14
- KEVIN HOWARD DUGANSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- DAVID LAWRENCE EISENBRAUNHospitalman · September 17, 1968
- RANDALL LEE FARLOWPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- BRUCE JEROME FEDLERSergeant · September 17, 1968
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.