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MICHAEL THEODORE GEORGE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 31, 1944 – January 13, 1968
Service recordMichael Theodore George, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 42
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 42
- JACKIE WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- GERALD ALLEN HIUKKAPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ERNEST HOWARDPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT ANDREW JACKSONCorporal · January 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE AUSTIN MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 43
- LEWIS JEFFERY PARKERCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 44
- DENNIS KELLY RICEHospitalman · Panel 34E, Line 44
- ALFRED BAYARD RUSSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 45
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
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.