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ROBERT LEE GARRETT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1948 – October 22, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Garrett, of Zanesville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 19
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Zanesville, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 19
- DAVID HERBERT FISHERSpecialist Five · October 22, 1968
- JAMES EARNEST FOSTERSergeant · October 22, 1968
- RICHARD ALBERT GURULESpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
- THOMAS DOUGLAS HARDYPrivate · October 22, 1968
From Zanesville
- GUY WINFRED HUEYSergeant First Class · December 30, 1966
- MARION EARL WILSONPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- RICKY LEE HULLWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1968
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · June 21, 1968
- JERRY LEE SHULTZSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE WICKHAMSergeant · August 26, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH GILDOWPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- KENNETH DAVISPetty Officer Second Class · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE UNDERWOODStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- ROY LESTER PHIPPSSpecialist Four · 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.