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ROBERT JACOB GARRIDO
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
February 4, 1946 – May 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Jacob Garrido, of Newark, New Jersey, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 6, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 6
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 6
- THOMAS AMISS FOXCorporal · May 6, 1968
- SANFORD RENE GABORIAULTStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- JAMES BARRY GARDPrivate · May 6, 1968
- SYDNEY WILLIAM KLEMMERSergeant · May 6, 1968
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 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.