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EDWIN SIDNEY GARBER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1945 – March 31, 1967
Service recordEdwin Sidney Garber, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 31, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M BTRY 4 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 78
- JAMES HAROLD BRITTAINStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- BARRY ANDREWS CULLISONPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- CHARLES C DICKEY JRFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.