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TOMMIE GARRETT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1943 – December 18, 1965
Service recordTommie Garrett, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 18, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 23
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)
- I CO 3 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1965; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 23
- ROBERT ALLEN GRAYSergeant · December 18, 1965
- SAMMIE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- EDMUND MACEO MASTERSONPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
- WILLIAM D SIZEMORESergeant First Class · June 28, 1967
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.