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LYDES JAY GARNER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1946 – September 6, 1967
Service recordLydes Jay Garner JR, of Mapleton, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Mapleton, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 9
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD FRANCECorporal · September 6, 1967
- DENNIS ALAN GETTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALBERTO HECTOR MORANPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 15
- WENDELL GLEN VAUGHNPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 20
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.