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ROBERT JUNIOR GARRETT
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 14, 1949 – June 9, 1970
Service recordRobert Junior Garrett, of Grifton, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Grifton, North Carolina (Lenoir County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 33
- JOHN ALBERT GIOIAConstructionman · June 9, 1970
- ROBBY DAVID HANVEYLance Corporal · June 9, 1970
- BARRY WAYNE HILBRICHCaptain · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL GILBERT JONESPrivate First Class · June 9, 1970
From Grifton
- STANLEY KAY PATRICKLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- MELTON EDWARD SMITHCorporal · March 30, 1969
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.