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ERNEST LEROY GARNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1948 – June 21, 1970
Service recordErnest Leroy Garner, of Wickes, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 76
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Wickes, Arkansas (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 76
- JAMES DALE GARDNERStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1970
- DENNIS ALLEN LADAGESpecialist Four · June 21, 1970
- JOHN NEWT MCCLENDON JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1970
- STEPHEN JAY W SMITHSergeant · June 21, 1970
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.