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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John William George.

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JOHN WILLIAM GEORGE

Captain · U.S. Air Force

June 10, 1945 – November 25, 1971

Service record

John William George, of Big Rock, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 25, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2W · Line 72

Position of Panel 2W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Unit (as recorded)
7 AF
Born
June 10, 1945
Home of record
Big Rock, Tennessee (Stewart County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 25, 1971
Age
26
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

Five names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1971; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 2W, Line 72

From Big Rock

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.