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PAUL ELLIS GARRETT
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
May 25, 1922 – March 8, 1969
Service recordPaul Ellis Garrett, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 9
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 13 AF
- Born
- May 25, 1922
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Kentucky (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 46
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “13 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 9
- TERRELL THOMAS HAMSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- STEPHEN HARDERSergeant · March 11, 1969
- LEWIS CRAIG HARRISPetty Officer Third Class · March 11, 1969
- LARRY LEON HODGESSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- LARRY ANTHONY JACKSONSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 74
- RALPH ASBERRY CONEColonel · Panel 30W, Line 76
- RAYMOND LEROY TACKEMajor · Panel 30W, Line 97
- WARREN LARUE LONGMajor · Panel 30W, Line 101
- WILLIAM BICKERS TERRYMaster Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 11
- ALAN CRAIG MARTINSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 15
- BARRY WAYNE MURTAUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 76
From Bowling Green
- JOHN WILLIAM MILLERLance Corporal · October 8, 1966
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- LARRY CLAY DYELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD SWEATTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- JOHN FRANKLIN ALLENPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.