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JESSIE JEROME GARRARD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1948 – June 26, 1969
Service recordJessie Jerome Garrard, of Bellevue, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 18
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 18
- ROBERT CLYDE GONTEROLance Corporal · June 26, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS HAVELSpecialist Five · June 26, 1969
- LUTHER ANDERSON HINTONSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
- ANTHONY JOHN MARINELLISpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
From Bellevue
- CHARLES EMMETT FREDERICKPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD DUMASPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH WEIDINGERSergeant · March 20, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE IDLEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RONALD LEE SHAVERPetty Officer Third Class · June 22, 1968
- ROY CLAUDE BEASLEYSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
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.