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ROBERT EARLE GAREY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1944 – June 2, 1966
Service recordRobert Earle Garey, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 133
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 133
- JERRY L FIELDSPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- THOMAS ORVAL GILBERTSpecialist Four · June 2, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- JIMMIE CLAY HUTCHERSONCorporal · June 2, 1966
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES GREENCorporal · May 8, 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.