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SSgt Allen Matthew Garrett

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SSgt Allen Matthew Garrett

Birth
Oklahoma, USA
Death
15 Apr 1970 (aged 22)
Yên Bái, Vietnam
Burial
Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.6717577, Longitude: -97.4796108
Plot
23-9-SE
Memorial ID
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SSgt Garrett #
MOS:

Allen and 12 soldiers died as a result of a mine explosion. After arriving in Vietnam, Allen was assigned to C Company, 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry, 11th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, USARV
Allen graduated in 1966 from Edmond High School, Edmond, Oklahoma. The school's name was changed to Edmond Memorial High School in honor of Allen and 5 of his classmates who died in the Vietnam War.
Survived by his parents, Ernest John and Thelma Jewel (Shannon) Garrett and 4 brothers, John, Herb, Jerry and Robert and 2 sisters, Emma and Sue.
SSgt Garrett #
MOS:

Allen and 12 soldiers died as a result of a mine explosion. After arriving in Vietnam, Allen was assigned to C Company, 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry, 11th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, USARV
Allen graduated in 1966 from Edmond High School, Edmond, Oklahoma. The school's name was changed to Edmond Memorial High School in honor of Allen and 5 of his classmates who died in the Vietnam War.
Survived by his parents, Ernest John and Thelma Jewel (Shannon) Garrett and 4 brothers, John, Herb, Jerry and Robert and 2 sisters, Emma and Sue.

Inscription

OKLAHOMA
SSG 21 INF AMERICAL DIV
VIETNAM BSM - ARCOM - PH



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  • Maintained by: Tony
  • Originally Created by: Jill
  • Added: Mar 9, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18307735/allen_matthew-garrett: accessed ), memorial page for SSgt Allen Matthew Garrett (16 Feb 1948–15 Apr 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18307735, citing Gracelawn Cemetery, Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Tony (contributor 47235247).