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GARLAND D WHITMORE II
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1945 – September 5, 1967
Service recordGarland D Whitmore II, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Harrisonburg, Virginia (Harrisonburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 4
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- BRAVIE SOTOSergeant · September 5, 1967
- DAVID SHERMAN STEWARTHospitalman · September 5, 1967
- BENJAMIN ANDREW THOMASSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
From Harrisonburg
- ELZA MORTON BREWER JRSergeant · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM MEDFORD PANGLEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- CHARLES VENTON MCGOVERNStaff Sergeant · November 10, 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.