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JAMES ERLEY MCGARRITY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1948 – September 17, 1969
Service recordJames Erley McGarrity JR, of Ripley, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 104
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Ripley, Tennessee (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 104
- JAMES BRIAN MCGARRYSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1969
- MICHAEL BRIAN MCGINNISPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- RICKY LEE MEEKSLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
- DANA WESSON MITCHELLMajor · September 17, 1969
From Ripley
- RAYMOND WILKIE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- CARL WAYNE SCALLIONSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- CHARLES CALVIN BURNSLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- JAMES AUBREY BLAKLEYLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- MICHAEL EARL KOONCEPrivate · September 14, 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.