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WILLIE FRANK GARNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1946 – May 11, 1968
Service recordWillie Frank Garner, of Town Creek, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Town Creek, Alabama (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 21
- CALVIN LIONEL GOOCHCorporal · May 11, 1968
- DAVID DEL GRAHAMSergeant · May 11, 1968
- MARVIN JIM HANNACorporal · May 11, 1968
- LARRY RAY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL KENT CULBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 18
- PATRICK VINCEN FITZGERALDPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 18
- LEONARD JONATHEN BELLSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 19
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 23
- GEORGE GERALD KOKOSHPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 23
- JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKISpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 24
- JOHN EDWARD SCHERTZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 26
From Town Creek
- HERMAN LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- HAROLD LAVEROL POOLPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES MINOR WOODALL JRSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
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.