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ERNEST EDWARD GARRAHAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 18, 1949 – December 31, 1968
Service recordErnest Edward Garrahan, of Flushing, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 12
- ROBERT EARL ENRIGHTSpecialist Four · December 31, 1968
- RICARDO GALVANPrivate · December 31, 1968
- STEVEN EUGENE HESLERPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
- CHARLES ARTHUR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · December 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN G SAUBLE JRPrivate · Panel 35W, Line 13
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
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.