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JOHN L GARRIGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1947 – December 4, 1967
Service recordJohn L Garrigan, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 34
- WILLIAM ESSIE EMBRYPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- MERLE KEITH FAGERLIND JRCorporal · December 4, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- ALBERT WILLIAM FRAZIERPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.