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JAMES MICHAEL GARRETT
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 16, 1947 – November 29, 1969
Service recordJames Michael Garrett, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 4
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 4
- ROY ALLEN EPPERSONCorporal · November 29, 1969
- HENRY NICHOLAS HEIDE IISpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- DENNIS WAYNE HOLTORFPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
- JERRY EDWARD KEKELStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1969
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 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.