George Douglas Dell

George Douglas Dell was born and raised in Colorado Springs, CO. He graduated from the Air Academy High School in the class of 1965. Dell attended Colorado University for a year and a half before enlisting into the Army in February 1967. His parents moved to Cedar Rapids after he joined the service. That September SP5 Dell was sent to Vietnam as a Huey repairman with the 1st Aviation Brigade. On June 25, 1968 SP5 Dell was killed in a three helicopter accident. He was working as door gunner when two helicopters collided, the resulting explosion brought down a third helicopter in the vicinity. SP5 Dell was one of 19 Americans and 16 Thai soldiers to die in the incident. The 20-year-old’s body was returned to the United States and buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs.