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EUGENE JOSEPH GARRITY JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 11, 1944 – February 23, 1969
Service recordEugene Joseph Garrity JR, of Media, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 97
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- June 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Media, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 97
- HENRY DAVID CUSTENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT DONALD EICKLEBERRYSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- RANDOLPH EUBANKSSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- WESLEY ELMER FLANIGANCaptain · February 23, 1969
From Media
- JOHN HENRY SOTHORON LONGCaptain · October 18, 1966
- EDWARD DRAKE SCOTTLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- ROBERT EARL CANNONSergeant · October 27, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROWNSpecialist Four · February 23, 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.