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ALFRED DOUGLAS GARRETT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1937 – October 27, 1968
Service recordAlfred Douglas Garrett, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 43
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 16, 1937
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 43
- DAVID DONALD DUMASCorporal · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT CLIFTON EDMUNDS JRMajor · October 27, 1968
- LOUIS ARTHUR FRYESergeant First Class · October 27, 1968
- JAMES LEON HAMILTONFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEON HAMILTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 43
- LARRY DELANO HOSFORDMajor · Panel 40W, Line 44
From Alexandria
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.