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RICKEY DEAN GARNER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1947 – March 5, 1966
Service recordRickey Dean Garner, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 116
- STEVEN ANTHONY CHURCHPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- THOMAS KENNETH EMMONSLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
- JOSEPH GEORGE EVANS JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JEROME BRADLEYLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 113
- PHILIP FITCHLance Corporal · Panel 5E, Line 114
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 115
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 122
- JIMMY PINEDA SANCHEZCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 123
- DAVID SHIELDSSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 124
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.