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THOMAS STEWART MCGARRY
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 25, 1944 – October 20, 1970
Service recordThomas Stewart McGarry, of Springville, Tennessee, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 20, 1970, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 13
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- July 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Springville, Tennessee (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1970; two of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 13
- KENNETH MARTIN SCHLIEFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1970
- FLOYD ABNER SCHLIEWESpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
- GARY LEE SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · October 20, 1970
- JOSEPH JOHN STOJINSKI JRSpecialist Five · October 20, 1970
From Springville
- BILLY DALE MOORECorporal · February 12, 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.