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GARREL LEE TEATSWORTH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 22, 1931 – April 20, 1967
Service recordGarrel Lee Teatsworth, of Keokuk, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF
- Born
- February 22, 1931
- Home of record
- Keokuk, Iowa (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 55
- THOMAS ALFRED ARREDONDOSergeant · April 21, 1967
- EDDIE PAUL AUSTINCorporal · April 21, 1967
- JOSEPH FLOYD BASCO JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
From Keokuk
- CHARLES MARTIN HASPERFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1964
- RICHARD JOHN RUDD JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- EARL WILLIAM MARLIN JRSpecialist Four · January 6, 1970
- STEVEN DOUGLAS MCDOWELLCorporal · February 9, 1971
- RICHARD NEIL CONCANNONChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 15, 1971
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.