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PETER HENRY GARMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – November 15, 1968
Service recordPeter Henry Garms, of Matamoras, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Finance Specialist (73C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Matamoras, Pennsylvania (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 70
- JAMES MARVIN CURTISPetty Officer First Class · November 15, 1968
- FRANK HOGENMILLERPetty Officer First Class · November 15, 1968
- STEVEN EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH KOWALSKISpecialist Four · November 15, 1968
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.