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PHILLIP EUGENE GARVER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 1, 1947 – January 25, 1968
Service recordPhillip Eugene Garver, of Calimesa, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 32
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Calimesa, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 32
- FRANCIS GARY GERCZ JRMajor · January 25, 1968
- ARTHUR CHARLES GRANGESecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1968
- EDWARD WILLIAM HEIFNERPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOSEPH ALLEN KELNHOFERPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BARTON ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 29
- ROBERT CANDLER LANGFORDCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 33
- EARL ADELBERT MAILLOUXCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE DEAN WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 36
From Calimesa
- BRUCE ALLEN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · November 3, 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.