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RAYMOND JAMES GEORGE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 29, 1945 – March 15, 1971
Service recordRaymond James George, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 49
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 29, 1945
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 49
- JUAN ESPINOSACorporal · March 15, 1971
- RICHARD ELLIOTT HARLANSecond Lieutenant · March 15, 1971
- SAMUEL MORGAN HARRELLFirst Sergeant · March 15, 1971
- PHILIP ROBERT JAMROCKSpecialist Five · March 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE KIRKENDOLLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 50
- GREGORY SCOTT MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 50
- JERRY WAYNE PEOPLESSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 51
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 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.