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RICHARD EUGENE GEORGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 29, 1947 – November 23, 1965
Service recordRichard Eugene George, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 110
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 29, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 110
- DAVID GUERRERO BENAVENTEStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1965
- L C BLAKESergeant First Class · November 23, 1965
- ROGER GEORGE BRITTENSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 109
- GUNDER PETER RI GUNDERSONSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 111
- DAVID WILLIAM MICHAELSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 111
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ABBOTTCaptain · April 20, 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.