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RICHARD EUGENE GARRETSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 22, 1950 – November 28, 1971
Service recordRichard Eugene Garretson, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 75
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1971; 34 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 75
- BILLY RAY COFFEYSpecialist Five · November 28, 1971
- HOWARD LEBRON COLBAUGHStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1971
- MICHAEL ALAN CRAWFORDSergeant · November 28, 1971
- JOHN HENRY HAREPrivate First Class · November 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH AUGUSTINA AUBAINSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 74
- VINCENT BERNALPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 74
- RONALD DEE CARLETONSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 74
- JERALD WAYNE CARTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 74
- BILLY RAY COFFEYSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 75
- HOWARD LEBRON COLBAUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 75
- MICHAEL ALAN CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 75
- JOHN HENRY HAREPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 75
- WILL ROY DANTZLERSpecialist Six · Panel 2W, Line 76
- JOEL STEVENS IVEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 76
- TERRY GUS KUGLERSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 76
- ROBERT JOSEPH LADENSACKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 76
- ARCHIE THOMAS LUCYSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 77
- GEORGE PAUL MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 77
- ALPHONZA MASONSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 77
- MICHAEL OWEN MAYBEECorporal · Panel 2W, Line 77
- ROBERT DEE MAYNARDSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 77
- STEVEN JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 78
- MARTIN KEITH NISKANENCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 78
- DANIEL EUGENE NYEStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 78
- WILLIE JAMES OAKSPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 78
- JAMES EDWARD PALMERSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 78
- OSCAR PAULLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 79
- BRINSLEY BERNARD RAMOSSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 79
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
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.