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LE ROY DELANO M GARIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1940 – June 10, 1969
Service recordLe Roy Delano M Garis, of Souderton, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 10, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- January 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Souderton, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 12
- MICHAEL PATRICK CURRANSpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
- RICARDO JOSE GOMEZCorporal · June 10, 1969
- JAMES RUEL GOOLSBYSpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
- ROGER LEE GRAHAMMajor · June 10, 1969
From Souderton
- JAMES WILLIS HOLLIDAYSecond Lieutenant · September 26, 1966
- GARY RAY BURNETTELance Corporal · June 23, 1968
- GLENN DALE RICKERTCaptain · May 29, 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.