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KENNETH JAMES GARSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1950 – March 28, 1970
Service recordKenneth James Garski, of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 51
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Stevens Point, Wisconsin (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1970; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 51
- RICHARD ALAN BROYLESSpecialist Four · March 28, 1970
- DARRELL ADEN CAMERONCorporal · March 28, 1970
- DONALD WARREN COOKChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 28, 1970
- PAUL JAMES FRANCISFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL ADEN CAMERONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 51
- FRED GEORGE KOVARIKSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 52
- DENNIS MELVIN SCHULTZSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 53
- DARRELL SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 53
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · Panel 12W, Line 53
- JAMES THOMAS WATSONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 54
From Stevens Point
- GERALD JOSEPH BANNACHSergeant First Class · September 24, 1966
- THOMAS HARRY TREBATOSKIAirman First Class · October 3, 1966
- GEORGE THOMAS MURRAYPlatoon Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- GERALD KROPIDLOWSKILance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE ZINKPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- DAVID STANLEY KOSSOWSKISpecialist Five · July 30, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER JURGELLAPetty Officer First Class · October 25, 1970
- CLARENCE MYRON SUCHONCorporal · March 22, 1971
- JOHN ANTHONY JELICHChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 1, 1972
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.