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ROBERT GILMER GARRETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 25, 1945 – February 10, 1969
Service recordRobert Gilmer Garrett, of Castlewood, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Special Purpose Materiel Supply Specialist (76Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Castlewood, Virginia (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 5
- JOHN THOMAS COLEMANCorporal · February 10, 1969
- THOMAS ROBERT DICKEYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- HENRY RALPH DUELLMANSpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
- DANIEL ARTHUR FOSSSergeant · February 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK J MCLAUGHLINSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 8
From Castlewood
- FRED TAYLORSergeant First Class · July 13, 1965
- JAMES FRANKLIN AUSTINSergeant · April 13, 1970
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.