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GEORGE ALBERT GARRISON
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1930 – July 31, 1968
Service recordGeorge Albert Garrison, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 38
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1930
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 38
- VERNON EUGENE BELCHERSpecialist Four · July 31, 1968
- LLOYD WILLIAM EVANS JRSpecialist Four · July 31, 1968
- CHARLES HAMNERSpecialist Four · July 31, 1968
- MICHEAL EDWARD RICHARDSLance Corporal · July 31, 1968
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.