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DAVID FRANK GARRINGER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1946 – November 24, 1968
Service recordDavid Frank Garringer, of San Francisco, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 49
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- February 20, 1946
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 49
- ALFRED HIGHTOWER JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1968
- TERRY LEE HINKLECorporal · November 24, 1968
- LARRY JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- HARRY TURNER KITE JRPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.