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RICHARD B GARRETT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1939 – February 7, 1969
Service recordRichard B Garrett, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 78
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 78
- STANLEY DALE FARROSergeant · February 7, 1969
- ALFRED ALAN GATESCorporal · February 7, 1969
- RAYMOND EDWARD GLOVERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
- ORVILLE EDWARD HILLSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD REID CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 76
- DONALD KENT MCLEANSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 80
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.