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WILLIAM KENNETH GARRITY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 4, 1949 – February 1, 1970
Service recordWilliam Kenneth Garrity, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 89
- LEON AUBREY FENTRESSCorporal · February 1, 1970
- ROBERT FORDSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- MARK ANTHONY FOSTERLance Corporal · February 1, 1970
- CHARLES VERNON GREENLance Corporal · February 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FORDSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 89
- RONALD EUGENE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 91
- LARRY HUGH TRUSSELLPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 91
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.