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HOWARD GARRETT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1938 – September 16, 1966
Service recordHoward Garrett, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1938
- Home of record
- Vicksburg, Mississippi (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 100
- EVERETT LEE BRACKETTPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- BENJAMIN ALBIN CHITKOGunnery Sergeant · September 16, 1966
- ALAN DANCELance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
From Vicksburg
- ARTHUR MELVIN GORDONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- TERENCE DALE OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1966
- ELLSWORTH I DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- JAMES C DIXONMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1967
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY BURNSIDEPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ELSEY BATCHELOR JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1969
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · September 5, 1969
- FREDDIE NEIL HAYNESSpecialist Four · November 12, 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.