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MAURICE EDWIN GARRETT JR
Captain · U.S. Army
April 17, 1946 – October 22, 1971
Service recordMaurice Edwin Garrett JR, of Mercer, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 47
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Mercer, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 47
- HARRY HUBERT BRACK JRPrivate First Class · October 22, 1971
- PAT GERARD BRANNONWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1971
- DANNY ALLEN COWANFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1971
- DANIEL GROVER DYESpecialist Five · October 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANNY ALLEN COWANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 47
From Mercer
- CARL JAMES FORRESTERSergeant · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT KRISUNAS CHRISTYStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1966
- DAVID ELROY BAUNSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE MCNEISHPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- MILES BRADLEY HEDGLINPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- MERLE ROBERT HIGGINSSergeant · June 5, 1969
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.