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ROBERT OLIVER GARANT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1945 – July 29, 1966
Service recordRobert Oliver Garant, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 86
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Rutherford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 86
- MICHAEL FRANK COOKPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- DOMINIC ANTHONY CORONAPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROBERT JOSEPH DITOMMASOLieutenant Colonel · July 29, 1966
- GALE HERBERT FELVERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1966
From Murfreesboro
- GEORGE WILLIAM BURKHEARTFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1965
- LARRY DON EARLSFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND FULGHUM JRCaptain · February 2, 1967
- ROBERT RAY BOYDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD WADEStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- EUGENE MERRILL WOODSONSergeant · August 8, 1968
- GEORGE D OSBORNESergeant · October 4, 1968
- JAMES TIMOTHY LUSCINSKICaptain · October 8, 1969
- MARK ALBERT BABSON JRCaptain · October 14, 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.