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IRA L GARNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1947 – November 6, 1967
Service recordIra L Garner, of Jayess, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Jayess, Mississippi (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 30
- ROY ALLEN GIBSONSergeant · November 6, 1967
- ROBERT WARREN HAGERMANColonel · November 6, 1967
- THOMAS G HAWKINSSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- JERRY L HILLSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
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.