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JIMMY RAY GARBETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 30, 1948 – October 9, 1969
Service recordJimmy Ray Garbett, of Lake City, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on October 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 122
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Lake City, Florida (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 9, 1969
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 122
- DALLAS ALAN DRIVERSergeant · October 9, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · October 10, 1970
- JAMES ALBERT BAILEYChief Warrant Officer 4 · October 10, 1970
- EDWARD BERNARD IWASKOSergeant · October 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LEE AIKINCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 53
- JOHN PATRICK BRENNANCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 54
- OWEN TETSUMI HIRANOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 17W, Line 56
- CHARLES DAVID JAGELERCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 56
- ROBERT SCOTT MASON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 57
- GREG BRADFORD SCOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 58
- RICHARD ALAN SMITH SRSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 58
- DANNY RAY SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 59
- TONY MARIA VASQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 60
- JAMES HENRY TURNERSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 124
From Lake City
- GILBERT SMITH JRSergeant · August 24, 1965
- RAYMOND EUGENE JOHNSONMajor · July 19, 1966
- JULIUS FRAZIER JONESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- RAY FRANCIS WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · December 27, 1966
- EUGENE MCCRAYPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- EUGENE LARRY FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- WILLIAM PATECorporal · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR WAYNE THOMASPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RONALD WASHINGTON PHARISStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT REHBERGPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.