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JOHN HENRY GARNER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 14, 1947 – May 29, 1967
Service recordJohn Henry Garner, of Charleston Heights, South Carolina, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 12
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MAR DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Charleston Heights, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 21E, Line 12
- WILLIAM HOKE FARMER JRFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1967
- WILL LEE DENNIS FOWLERSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- IVAN WEBSTER GATLINCorporal · May 29, 1967
- DENNIS RAY GLENNPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
From Charleston Heights
- JOSEPH LEVERN RABONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- HERBERT WIGFALL JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE W WILSONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES A JONESSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DANIEL SEASEMaster Sergeant · September 8, 1967
- CLYDE A RHINEHARTSergeant · February 11, 1968
- WAYNE WOOD KNUPPSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE WARNERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- STEVEN LEROY PESSIERSergeant · September 4, 1969
- RONALD DALE PATECorporal · February 5, 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.