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S W GEORGE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
February 23, 1941 – July 20, 1966
Service recordS W George, of Canadian, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 20, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- February 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Canadian, Oklahoma (Pittsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 45
- JOSEPH LEON BYRNE JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- STEPHEN MANTON CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
- DAVID ANDREW DILLONSpecialist Four · July 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.