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GEORGE ROBERT GARRIS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
April 3, 1949 – March 15, 1969
Service recordGeorge Robert Garris, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 45
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- April 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Greensburg, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 45
- JULIO HERNANDEZ JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES HILLARD IICorporal · March 15, 1969
- CARL WAYNE HUGHESPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
From Greensburg
- EDWARD JOHN GINTERSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT EARL STAUFFERSergeant · June 20, 1967
- TIMOTHY MORGAN DICKCorporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALATAPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- RICHARD IVORY CULLENSergeant · May 23, 1968
- CHARLES KENTON BURKART JRLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- VINCENT PISCAR JRLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- FRED DEAN HIGHBERGER JRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- MICHAEL STEPHEN HRUTKAYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
- LARRY DALE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 20, 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.