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WILLIAM DONALD GARNER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1947 – April 13, 1967
Service recordWilliam Donald Garner, of Easley, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Easley, South Carolina (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 22
- NEIL ROBERT ELLSWORTHPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- WALTER LEWIS GIBSONPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- CHARLES HENRY HORNColonel · April 13, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HORVATHPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
From Easley
- JERRY ALFRED PHILLIPSLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- RICHARD HAMILTON BRIDGESSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- JAMES DONALD CLARDYSergeant · September 26, 1967
- HERSHALL TALLENTSergeant · May 10, 1968
- GARY LYNN PACEFirst Lieutenant · March 30, 1971
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.