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PATRICK GEORGE MCGARVEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1946 – April 12, 1968
Service recordPatrick George McGarvey, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 35
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- December 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 35
- MORRIS KEITH JAMESSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- CLEATUS WAYNE MCCLANAHANSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- THOMAS MARTIN MCVAYPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- GLENN LOREN MOLLER JRPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.