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LARRY ALLEN GARRISON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1950 – July 17, 1968
Service recordLarry Allen Garrison, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 43
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Photographer (4631)
- Born
- April 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Council Bluffs, Iowa (Pottawattamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 43
- ISAAC DE VAND HAMPTONCorporal · July 17, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HAZLETTLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALLEN HENNINGPrivate · July 17, 1968
- RICHARD LOUIS PROSTELLPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
From Council Bluffs
- MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIANColonel · September 30, 1965
- PHILLIP HARRY GREGOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- LEONARD LLOYD MCQUINN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANK WIDTFELDT JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- RAYMOND HENRY KNIGHTSpecialist Five · March 25, 1967
- CLIFFORD DALE NELSONMajor · July 25, 1967
- LOUIS NEWTON COOLEY JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN IVESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH CARL BAXTERLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
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.