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GARLAND PARIS FELTON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 23, 1938 – November 12, 1970
Service recordGarland Paris Felton, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 54
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 23, 1938
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1970; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 54
- DAVID LEE HATCHERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1970
- DAVID BAKER HOCKENSMITHPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
- JESSE LYNN KESTLERPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
- JOE BILLY MCNETTSpecialist Four · November 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSE GILBERT BARRERAPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 52
- JOHN DANIEL BARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 53
- DONALD WARREN CHIPP JRSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 53
- ROGER DALE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 53
- TITUS LEE EPPSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 53
- DAVID LEE HATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 54
- JESSE LYNN KESTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 54
- JOE BILLY MCNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 54
- WILLIAM CLEMON REEDCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 55
- CRAIG THOMAS RESKAPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 55
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.