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ROGER LEE GARRETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 26, 1946 – May 15, 1967
Service recordRoger Lee Garrett, of Lexington, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 126
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Lexington, Virginia (Lexington (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 126
- RAYMOND MICHAEL CHASSERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DIXONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- PHILIP BLAINE EMERSONLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- ROBERT GENE FULLERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WOLFGANG EDWARD KRESSEPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 1
From Lexington
- DOUGLAS M FRANKLINSergeant · August 1, 1967
- CHARLES CARROLL PARISHLieutenant Commander · July 25, 1968
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.