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ALONZO GARRETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 23, 1949 – April 11, 1970
Service recordAlonzo Garrett, of Belvedere, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Belvedere, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 123
- CRAIG NICHOLAS BARRYSergeant · April 11, 1970
- DANIEL CHARLES CASESeaman · April 11, 1970
- VALENTINE BERMEA GOMEZ JRSergeant · April 11, 1970
- GERALD M HELLMANN JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 122
- BRADFORD GREG RACEYSpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 125
From Belvedere
- RAMON MORENOSergeant First Class · May 3, 1969
- CALVIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
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.