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DONALD JESS GARVEY JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1949 – September 28, 1969
Service recordDonald Jess Garvey JR, of Florissant, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 28, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 16
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Communications/Navigation/Electrical/Weapon Systems Technician - Train (6311)
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Florissant, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 16
- LONNIE LOWELL GIBSONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- JOHNNY WILLIAM GLISSONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN TIMOTHY HOWEPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- EMMETT DWAINE JAMESSergeant · September 28, 1969
From Florissant
- THOMAS MICHAEL NOWACKPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH GENE BLANTONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LOUIS FERDINAND KEEVENChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MURPHY IIICorporal · March 10, 1968
- JAMES DAVID AMESSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUSSergeant · September 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL WEICHECorporal · January 31, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS PREVEDELSergeant First Class · April 17, 1969
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE FREYPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
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.