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DAVID EARL GARRAPY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1942 – August 25, 1966
Service recordDavid Earl Garrapy, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 36
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 36
- RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- RAYMOND AUGUSTA BROOKSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- MAX L BRUBAKERPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HARRY BULLARDLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1966
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.