Mothers maiden name: Avila
Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: George Andrew Cervantes
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1949
Death Date: 30 Apr 1967
Home City: Redlands
Home State: California
SSN/Service #: 2270030
Death Date: 30 Apr 1967
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Service Branch: United States Marine Corps
Component: Regular (RA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG)
Rank: Lance Corporal
Military Grade: Lance Corporal
Pay Grade: Private First Class (U.S. Army) or Airman First Class (U.S. Air Force) or Lance Corporal (U.S. Marine Corps) or Grade/Rate Abbreviations With First Column: A,C,D,F,H,S,Or T; Second Column: A; Third And Fourth Columns: Blank (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Province: 01
Decoration: Not Available
CN: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Unit: K CO 3RD BN 9TH MAR 3RD MAR DIV
Service Occupation: Rifleman (USMC)
Data Source: Coffelt Database
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Two months after reaching the age of adulthood, 18-year-old George Andrew Cervantes was killed during active duty in Vietnam. He was the sixth soldier from Redlands to die there. George was born to John and Mary Cervantes, the baby brother of sister Connie (Granillo) and four brothers, John, Robert, Tom, and Richard. He attended Mission School, Redlands Junior High School and Redlands High School. He had a part-time job cleaning school busses after school. He enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating high school and trained at Camp Pendleton. All of his brothers had served in the Army or the Air Force, and he wanted to also. Of course, his brothers weren't in combat. After training, Cervantes was assigned to Okinawa, as he was still younger than 18 and not yet allowed into combat zones. In March 1967, Cervantes transferred to a company headquartered just below the Demilitarized Zone where some of the heaviest fighting had occurred. Cervantes was killed in the Hill Fights, in the early stages of bitter fighting for three strategic hills (Hill 881S) near the Marine base at Khe Sanh in the Quang Tri province of South Vietnam. He was shot in the chest while engaged in action against hostile forces on April 30. His body was not immediately recovered. He was one of 71 soldiers who died that day, and one of almost 8,000 soldiers who died while on duty in the Quang Tri province. He was posthumously honored with the Purple Heart.
He is also honored by name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Panel 18E, row 119); the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in San Antonio, Texas; and a commemorative brick (No. 29294) at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.
Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: George Andrew Cervantes
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1949
Death Date: 30 Apr 1967
Home City: Redlands
Home State: California
SSN/Service #: 2270030
Death Date: 30 Apr 1967
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Service Branch: United States Marine Corps
Component: Regular (RA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG)
Rank: Lance Corporal
Military Grade: Lance Corporal
Pay Grade: Private First Class (U.S. Army) or Airman First Class (U.S. Air Force) or Lance Corporal (U.S. Marine Corps) or Grade/Rate Abbreviations With First Column: A,C,D,F,H,S,Or T; Second Column: A; Third And Fourth Columns: Blank (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Province: 01
Decoration: Not Available
CN: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Unit: K CO 3RD BN 9TH MAR 3RD MAR DIV
Service Occupation: Rifleman (USMC)
Data Source: Coffelt Database
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Two months after reaching the age of adulthood, 18-year-old George Andrew Cervantes was killed during active duty in Vietnam. He was the sixth soldier from Redlands to die there. George was born to John and Mary Cervantes, the baby brother of sister Connie (Granillo) and four brothers, John, Robert, Tom, and Richard. He attended Mission School, Redlands Junior High School and Redlands High School. He had a part-time job cleaning school busses after school. He enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating high school and trained at Camp Pendleton. All of his brothers had served in the Army or the Air Force, and he wanted to also. Of course, his brothers weren't in combat. After training, Cervantes was assigned to Okinawa, as he was still younger than 18 and not yet allowed into combat zones. In March 1967, Cervantes transferred to a company headquartered just below the Demilitarized Zone where some of the heaviest fighting had occurred. Cervantes was killed in the Hill Fights, in the early stages of bitter fighting for three strategic hills (Hill 881S) near the Marine base at Khe Sanh in the Quang Tri province of South Vietnam. He was shot in the chest while engaged in action against hostile forces on April 30. His body was not immediately recovered. He was one of 71 soldiers who died that day, and one of almost 8,000 soldiers who died while on duty in the Quang Tri province. He was posthumously honored with the Purple Heart.
He is also honored by name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Panel 18E, row 119); the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in San Antonio, Texas; and a commemorative brick (No. 29294) at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.
Mothers maiden name: Avila
Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: George Andrew Cervantes
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1949
Death Date: 30 Apr 1967
Home City: Redlands
Home State: California
SSN/Service #: 2270030
Death Date: 30 Apr 1967
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Service Branch: United States Marine Corps
Component: Regular (RA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG)
Rank: Lance Corporal
Military Grade: Lance Corporal
Pay Grade: Private First Class (U.S. Army) or Airman First Class (U.S. Air Force) or Lance Corporal (U.S. Marine Corps) or Grade/Rate Abbreviations With First Column: A,C,D,F,H,S,Or T; Second Column: A; Third And Fourth Columns: Blank (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Province: 01
Decoration: Not Available
CN: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Unit: K CO 3RD BN 9TH MAR 3RD MAR DIV
Service Occupation: Rifleman (USMC)
Data Source: Coffelt Database
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Two months after reaching the age of adulthood, 18-year-old George Andrew Cervantes was killed during active duty in Vietnam. He was the sixth soldier from Redlands to die there. George was born to John and Mary Cervantes, the baby brother of sister Connie (Granillo) and four brothers, John, Robert, Tom, and Richard. He attended Mission School, Redlands Junior High School and Redlands High School. He had a part-time job cleaning school busses after school. He enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating high school and trained at Camp Pendleton. All of his brothers had served in the Army or the Air Force, and he wanted to also. Of course, his brothers weren't in combat. After training, Cervantes was assigned to Okinawa, as he was still younger than 18 and not yet allowed into combat zones. In March 1967, Cervantes transferred to a company headquartered just below the Demilitarized Zone where some of the heaviest fighting had occurred. Cervantes was killed in the Hill Fights, in the early stages of bitter fighting for three strategic hills (Hill 881S) near the Marine base at Khe Sanh in the Quang Tri province of South Vietnam. He was shot in the chest while engaged in action against hostile forces on April 30. His body was not immediately recovered. He was one of 71 soldiers who died that day, and one of almost 8,000 soldiers who died while on duty in the Quang Tri province. He was posthumously honored with the Purple Heart.
He is also honored by name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Panel 18E, row 119); the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in San Antonio, Texas; and a commemorative brick (No. 29294) at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.
Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: George Andrew Cervantes
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1949
Death Date: 30 Apr 1967
Home City: Redlands
Home State: California
SSN/Service #: 2270030
Death Date: 30 Apr 1967
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Service Branch: United States Marine Corps
Component: Regular (RA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG)
Rank: Lance Corporal
Military Grade: Lance Corporal
Pay Grade: Private First Class (U.S. Army) or Airman First Class (U.S. Air Force) or Lance Corporal (U.S. Marine Corps) or Grade/Rate Abbreviations With First Column: A,C,D,F,H,S,Or T; Second Column: A; Third And Fourth Columns: Blank (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Province: 01
Decoration: Not Available
CN: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Unit: K CO 3RD BN 9TH MAR 3RD MAR DIV
Service Occupation: Rifleman (USMC)
Data Source: Coffelt Database
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Two months after reaching the age of adulthood, 18-year-old George Andrew Cervantes was killed during active duty in Vietnam. He was the sixth soldier from Redlands to die there. George was born to John and Mary Cervantes, the baby brother of sister Connie (Granillo) and four brothers, John, Robert, Tom, and Richard. He attended Mission School, Redlands Junior High School and Redlands High School. He had a part-time job cleaning school busses after school. He enlisted in the Marine Corps after graduating high school and trained at Camp Pendleton. All of his brothers had served in the Army or the Air Force, and he wanted to also. Of course, his brothers weren't in combat. After training, Cervantes was assigned to Okinawa, as he was still younger than 18 and not yet allowed into combat zones. In March 1967, Cervantes transferred to a company headquartered just below the Demilitarized Zone where some of the heaviest fighting had occurred. Cervantes was killed in the Hill Fights, in the early stages of bitter fighting for three strategic hills (Hill 881S) near the Marine base at Khe Sanh in the Quang Tri province of South Vietnam. He was shot in the chest while engaged in action against hostile forces on April 30. His body was not immediately recovered. He was one of 71 soldiers who died that day, and one of almost 8,000 soldiers who died while on duty in the Quang Tri province. He was posthumously honored with the Purple Heart.
He is also honored by name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Panel 18E, row 119); the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in San Antonio, Texas; and a commemorative brick (No. 29294) at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.
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GEORGE A CERVANTES
CALIFORNIA
L CPL US MARINE CORPS
VIETNAM PH
FEB 22 1949 APRIL 30 1967
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