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MICHAEL STEVEN GARRETT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 25, 1948 – March 4, 1969
Service recordMichael Steven Garrett, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 36
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- October 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 36
- FRANK W BOSSONGPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- ARTURO ALVARADO CAUBLEPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- RICHARD LEE DIEMLERSergeant · March 4, 1969
- JOSEPH ALAN GOODSONSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 1967
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.