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RUSSELL G GARRISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1945 – September 8, 1967
Service recordRussell G Garrison, of Elmer, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Elmer, New Jersey (Salem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 34
- CURTIS EDGAR COTHRANSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DORANCorporal · September 8, 1967
- LEROY JUNIOR DRABYSergeant · September 8, 1967
- WILLIAM KARL ELLIOTTPrivate First Class · September 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DURWOOD MICHAEL HALLAMPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 35
- GAYLORD LEE WESTBAYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26E, Line 38
From Elmer
- JOHN ATKINSSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- FRANCIS STEVEN RHOADESPrivate · September 19, 1968
- ROBERT MOORE JRSpecialist Four · November 23, 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.