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MICHAEL GARLO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1948 – August 20, 1969
Service recordMichael Garlo, of Fishkill, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 78
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Fishkill, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 78
- BOBBY JOE EVERETTPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- DAVID TODD FORDPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- FRANCIS BERTON GARGUSLance Corporal · August 20, 1969
- GARY DAVID GRABERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
From Fishkill
- ROBERT BRUCESecond Lieutenant · September 13, 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.