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BOYD GRAYSON GARNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1943 – March 12, 1967
Service recordBoyd Grayson Garner, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1943
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 68
- CHARLES WESLEY BARRETTSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- EDWIN RILEY GOODRICH JRLieutenant Colonel · March 12, 1967
- LAMAR HORNEPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- RICHARD HUTCHINSON JRPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.