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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Noel Keith Garrison.

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NOEL KEITH GARRISON

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

October 2, 1947 – July 17, 1969

Service record

Noel Keith Garrison, of Valparaiso, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 20W · Line 10

Position of Panel 20W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
Unit (as recorded)
68 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
Born
October 2, 1947
Home of record
Valparaiso, Indiana (Porter County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 17, 1969
Age
21
Province
Phuoc Tuy
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

18 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 20W, Line 10

From Valparaiso

All 14 names from Valparaiso →

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.