Rank: Specialist 5
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 20-Jun-1945
Hometown: Lincoln, Illinois
Marital status: Married to Delores J. Orr
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 3-Apr-1967
Start of tour: 31-Dec-1970
Incident date: 17-Apr-1971
Date of casualty: 17-Apr-1971
Age at death: 25
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
George James Orr was killed while enroute to a night defensive position when a hostile force was encountered. / Enroute to night defensive position (NDP), engaged enemy at a bunker complex in firefight.
Five Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SGT Willis Norwood Andrews
SP4 Fidencio Flores Jr
1LT Phillip Lewis Lee
SP5 George James Orr
SP4 Gary Lee Reynolds
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 523 316
Place of interment: Old Union Cemetery, Lincoln, Illinois, USA
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