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LEROY GARRETT JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 31, 1937 – October 14, 1965
Service recordLeroy Garrett JR, of Waco, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 31, 1937
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 123
- DUANE CHARLES SMITHPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- DAVID GRANT BROWNCorporal · October 14, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
Same unit, same day
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 123
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
- RONALD CARL FORSBACHPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
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.