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Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watch a UH-1D land, March 1970.
Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, watch a UH-1D land, March 1970. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Henry Wayne Garrett.

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HENRY WAYNE GARRETT

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

September 23, 1948 – October 1, 1969

Service record

Henry Wayne Garrett, of Montvale, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 17W · Line 22

Position of Panel 17W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
173 AIRBORNE BDE
Born
September 23, 1948
Home of record
Montvale, Virginia (Bedford (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 1, 1969
Age
21
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 17W, Line 22

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From Montvale

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.