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GARRY GLENN TALLENT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 5, 1948 – August 20, 1967
Service recordGarry Glenn Tallent, of Morganton, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Morganton, North Carolina (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 21
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- RICHARD GARY THIBAULTSpecialist Five · August 20, 1967
- JERRY L ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
From Morganton
- RALPH NATHANIEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1965
- CARL AVERY GRAYFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1965
- WILLIAM SANFORD BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- DAVID BAKERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- LEE ROY LANIERSergeant · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS AVERYCaptain · May 3, 1968
- CARROLL JAMES BAILEYPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- EARNEST TAYLOR FREEMANSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY CARTER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 27, 1969
- GLEN ERVIN POTEETSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
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.