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JAMES RAY GARTEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 15, 1930 – January 20, 1971
Service recordJames Ray Garten, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1930
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1971
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 57
- JAMES FRANKLIN THAMESLieutenant · January 19, 1971
- HESSIE ALLEN BROOKSSpecialist Five · January 20, 1971
- TOMMY HUBERT IVEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1971
- ROBERT PAUL MARSDENCorporal · January 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DEE STEPHENSONCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 58
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.