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JACK ALLEN GARNES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 12, 1946 – October 30, 1971
Service recordJack Allen Garnes, of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 56
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Wheat Ridge, Colorado (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 56
- DARRELL HOGANStaff Sergeant · October 30, 1971
- ERNIE ROBLES MARTINEZSpecialist Five · October 30, 1971
- ROBERT EDWARD RYAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 30, 1971
- JAMES MICHAEL SELIXStaff Sergeant · October 30, 1971
From Wheat Ridge
- DANIEL LEE FIELDSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- JAMES BRYAN ELDER JRPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CLAYTON CHARLES KEMP JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1967
- ARMAND RENE THOUVENELLPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- CHARLES HERBERT NEEL JRSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1968
- ROY DOUGLAS HURLBERTCorporal · April 16, 1968
- KURT MUELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
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.