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WAYNE ARTHUR GARBER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 12, 1938 – June 14, 1971
Service recordWayne Arthur Garber, of Granite City, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1971, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 76
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Granite City, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- 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 June 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 76
- MANUEL MIRANDASpecialist Five · June 14, 1971
- ANTHONY ALOYSIUS PRICESpecialist Five · June 14, 1971
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALSH JRCorporal · June 14, 1971
- DEE BERGERAPrivate First Class · June 15, 1971
From Granite City
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN GIEBECorporal · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · November 19, 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.