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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Michael George.

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WILLIAM MICHAEL GEORGE

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

December 21, 1951 – May 18, 1971

Service record

William Michael George, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 3W · Line 40

Position of Panel 3W 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. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
Unit (as recorded)
US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
Born
December 21, 1951
Home of record
Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 18, 1971
Age
19
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

Six names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1971; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 3W, Line 40

Same unit, same day

From Cleveland

All 250 names from Cleveland →

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.