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LAWRENCE CASEY GARRETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – November 30, 1968
Service recordLawrence Casey Garrett, of Colton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 11
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Colton, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 11
- JAMES EDWIN GLISSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- JAMES HAYES HALLCorporal · November 30, 1968
- SHERLIN ANDREW HEIMANPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- JEFFREY DAVID HOUNSHELLSpecialist Four · November 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD CHERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 10
- WILLIAM THOMAS DAMRONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 10
- ROGER RAY KERNSPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 12
- DONALD CHESTER LEPAKSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 13
- BRUCE JUN MORIPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 13
- KING DAVID WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 15
From Colton
- BERNARD LEROY GRAYSergeant First Class · February 11, 1963
- MICHAEL CHAVEZ DARCYLance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- GERARD MARTIN KIESWETTERMajor · July 25, 1966
- JAMES LE ROY WEHRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- PORFIRIO ELIAS ELIASPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- WILLIAM DARRELL MCGRATHCaptain · November 17, 1967
- JOHN JUAREZSergeant · December 4, 1967
- GILBERT JIMMIE ADAMEPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- REYES C HERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- RUDY MICHAEL OLIVERASSergeant · June 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.