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GARRY CLAYTON MCFETRIDGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1943 – November 4, 1962
Service recordGarry Clayton McFetridge, of Wheatland, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 14
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
- Born
- August 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Wheatland, Indiana (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1962
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1962. In November 1962, 4 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 14
- JOHNNIE GENE LEESergeant · November 3, 1962
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- WILLIAM BOYD TULLYFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1962
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
From Wheatland
- ROBERT FRANKLIN OWENSCorporal · April 16, 1968
- STEVEN RAY RENNERSpecialist Five · May 12, 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.