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WILLIAM LAWRENCE GARRISON
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 24, 1946 – May 13, 1967
Service recordWilliam Lawrence Garrison, of Congers, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Congers, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 106
- GLEN GEORGE BURTCorporal · May 13, 1967
- RUSSELL IRWIN EVANSLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- CABALLERO FERNANDO FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- TOMMY WAYNE HALEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE LOUIS PHELPSPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 110
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.