Birth: Wednesday, September 25, 1918 in Ravanna, Missouri
Residence: Prince Frederick, Maryland
Death: Saturday, January 03, 2009 at the age of 90
Laid to Rest: Thursday, January 22, 2009 in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
John Benjamin George of Prince Frederick, MD died January 3, 2009.
He was born September 25, 1918 in Ravanna, Missouri, the son of John Benjamin Raymond and Ora Bowers George.
He received a bachelors degree, Suma Cum Laude, from Princeton University. He also studied at Oxford University in 1949 and 1954 in studies related to residence and study in East Africa. He rose in grade from private to Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army during WWII,. serving as infantry unit commander in Guadalcanal and the North Burma campaigns. He had a varied international career as an Africanist, association executive, conservationist and writer, as well as working in civil service with the Departments of State and Interior.
Mr. George is survived by his wife Dorothea Anne Szameitat George, whom he married in 1965.
Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.
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He is the author of the military classic "Shots Fired In Anger" about his experience as a rifleman in the early Guadalcanal campaign. He had already been a crack shot while in the 132nd Infantry in the Illinois National Guard when his unit was induced into the Army just months before Pearl Harbor. He and his regiment landed on Guadalcanal just one day after invasion and he immediately saw combat on the beach head and Lunga point. His famous memoir not only details the conflicts he witnessed and took part in, but also gives detail information about tactics employed and indepth descriptions of weapons employed as well as those of hier enemies.
Birth: Wednesday, September 25, 1918 in Ravanna, Missouri
Residence: Prince Frederick, Maryland
Death: Saturday, January 03, 2009 at the age of 90
Laid to Rest: Thursday, January 22, 2009 in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
John Benjamin George of Prince Frederick, MD died January 3, 2009.
He was born September 25, 1918 in Ravanna, Missouri, the son of John Benjamin Raymond and Ora Bowers George.
He received a bachelors degree, Suma Cum Laude, from Princeton University. He also studied at Oxford University in 1949 and 1954 in studies related to residence and study in East Africa. He rose in grade from private to Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army during WWII,. serving as infantry unit commander in Guadalcanal and the North Burma campaigns. He had a varied international career as an Africanist, association executive, conservationist and writer, as well as working in civil service with the Departments of State and Interior.
Mr. George is survived by his wife Dorothea Anne Szameitat George, whom he married in 1965.
Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.
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He is the author of the military classic "Shots Fired In Anger" about his experience as a rifleman in the early Guadalcanal campaign. He had already been a crack shot while in the 132nd Infantry in the Illinois National Guard when his unit was induced into the Army just months before Pearl Harbor. He and his regiment landed on Guadalcanal just one day after invasion and he immediately saw combat on the beach head and Lunga point. His famous memoir not only details the conflicts he witnessed and took part in, but also gives detail information about tactics employed and indepth descriptions of weapons employed as well as those of hier enemies.
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Family Members
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Minnie E George McHargue
1873–1915
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Sarah Elizabeth "Sadie" George Hackett
1875–1953
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James Abner George
1878–1956
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Eugene Okley George
1881–1932
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Roy William George
1885–1936
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Jessie May George Alley
1888–1975
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Herman Everett George
1890–1971
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Sylvia George
1893–1893
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Samuel Archie George
1904–1983
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Ruth Edna George Laughlin
1905–1993
