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JAN DOUGLAS GARRINGER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1949 – February 16, 1970
Service recordJan Douglas Garringer, of Bensenville, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 19
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Helicopter Mechanic, Ch-46 (6112)
- Born
- March 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Bensenville, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 19
- ALAN CHARLES DECRAENEFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- CLAUDE VERNOR GILESSergeant · February 16, 1970
- J D MILLERSergeant First Class · February 16, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE NEALLance Corporal · February 16, 1970
From Bensenville
- MICHAEL JOHN COLEMANLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN ROTHERYLance Corporal · February 24, 1968
- PHILLIP JOHN ESSIGSergeant · August 15, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE HEAPSPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
- ALAN FREDERICK MARSCHALLSergeant · March 21, 1969
- PATRICK ROBERT CURRANMajor · September 29, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE PRENGELSpecialist Four · December 3, 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.