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FRANK DAVID GARRETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1945 – October 28, 1965
Service recordFrank David Garrett, of Scurry, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Scurry, Texas (Kaufman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 1
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- EDWARD ELLIOTT GRABOSKEYPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- WILLIAM A SLAUGHTER JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 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.