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GARRY REGINALD POWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – February 15, 1968
Service recordGarry Reginald Powell, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 52
- JOHN ROCCO PERRETTACorporal · February 15, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN PODEBRADSKYSergeant · February 15, 1968
- EDWARD BEEDING QUILL JRMajor · February 15, 1968
- ALVIN LOUIS RAPERPetty Officer Second Class · February 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLAYTON LIGGINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 50
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.