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RONALD MILLARD GARRISON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1951 – January 21, 1971
Service recordRonald Millard Garrison, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 58
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 58
- ARTHUR S NABBENFirst Lieutenant · January 20, 1971
- RONALD DEE STEPHENSONCorporal · January 20, 1971
- ROBERT HRISOULISSergeant · January 21, 1971
- LOUIS WESLEY TRAVERSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS WESLEY TRAVERSPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 58
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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.