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LCpl George Paul Custer

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LCpl George Paul Custer

Birth
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
Death
22 May 1967 (aged 20)
Quảng Nam, Vietnam
Burial
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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George the son of Alfred J. Custer and Rita D. Custer of Wheeling WV enlisted in the US Marine Corps on March 3, 1966 in Pittsburg PA. In Vietnam he served with Company B. 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.

On February 22, a Marine patrol in the vicinity of the Phong Ho village complex in the Hieu Nhon District of Quang Nam Province was hit with a volley of rifle fire from a group of VC. LCpl Custer was struck in his chest by a hostile gunshot and killed.
George the son of Alfred J. Custer and Rita D. Custer of Wheeling WV enlisted in the US Marine Corps on March 3, 1966 in Pittsburg PA. In Vietnam he served with Company B. 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.

On February 22, a Marine patrol in the vicinity of the Phong Ho village complex in the Hieu Nhon District of Quang Nam Province was hit with a volley of rifle fire from a group of VC. LCpl Custer was struck in his chest by a hostile gunshot and killed.


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