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TOMMY RAY GARTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 30, 1946 – June 15, 1967
Service recordTommy Ray Garton, of Vallejo, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Born
- July 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 105
- JERRY FOREHANDLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- RANDY JACK GLENNLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- STEPHEN MICHAEL HENRYLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
- BRUCE HOWARD BUMGARNERPrivate First Class · December 13, 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.