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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Andrew James Garrity.

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ANDREW JAMES GARRITY

Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

September 7, 1945 – October 2, 1967

Service record

Andrew James Garrity, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 27E · Line 39

Position of Panel 27E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Marine Corps
Rank
Lance Corporal (LCPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Field Radio Operator (2531)
Born
September 7, 1945
Home of record
New York, New York (Kings County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 2, 1967
Age
22
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

25 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 27E, Line 39

From New York

All 1370 names from New York →

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.