IRA L GARNER
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HONORED ON PANEL 29E, LINE 30 OF THE WALL

IRA L GARNER

WALL NAME

IRA L GARNER

PANEL / LINE

29E/30

DATE OF BIRTH

08/12/1947

CASUALTY PROVINCE

PR & MR UNKNOWN

DATE OF CASUALTY

11/06/1967

HOME OF RECORD

JAYESS

COUNTY OF RECORD

Lawrence County

STATE

MS

BRANCH OF SERVICE

ARMY

RANK

SP4

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REMEMBRANCES

LEFT FOR IRA L GARNER
POSTED ON 10.29.2013
POSTED BY: Curt Carter [email protected]

Remembering An American Hero

Dear SP4 Ira L Garner, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter
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POSTED ON 1.5.2013

Crash Information on U.S. Army helicopter CH-47A tail number 66-00083

The aircraft, based out of Di An, was on a night resupply mission on November 1, 1967, when the sling load the aircraft was carrying was felt to hit the ground. This caused the pilot to turn on the landing light which revealed the aircraft was about to hit a tree. The helicopter hit the tree, causing it to crash and burn. Two crewmen, gunners SP4 Louis E. Armstead and SP4 Ira L. Garner, and two passengers, SP4 Karl F. Rynearson and MAJ Charles E. Weaver, suffered fatal injuries in the crash. The other five personnel aboard were injured. [Taken from vhpa.org]

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POSTED ON 11.13.2009
POSTED BY: Robert Sage

We Remember

Ira is buried at Garner Memorial Cemetery in Tylertown, MS.
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POSTED ON 2.5.2007
POSTED BY: Michael L. Caines

Remembering Monday, Nov. 6, 1967

I would like to take this opportunity to remember Ira Garner, who on 11-6-67 was taken from a place of war to a better place. I did not know Ira, but I did witness the helicopter crash landing that took his life.

Friends and relatives of Ira, who would like to contact me, please feel free to do so.
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POSTED ON 11.6.2002

REMEMBER IRA L GARNER

IT IS JAYESS MS. YOU KNOW NEAR VEMA AND ENON ON STATE HIGHWAY 44, BUT THEN MAYBE YOU NEVER HEARD OF THE PLACE.
THE ONE SON OF THIS SMALL TOWN THAT IN NOV. 6, 1967 GAVE HIS LIFE IN VIETNAM.
A PRAYER FOR IRA L GARNER, 11B20, AND THOSE WHO ON THIS ANNIVERSARY WILL REMEMBER HIM.
TO A SMALL COMMUNITY THAT GAVE UP ITS ONLY SON FOR A WAR THAT FEW WANT TO REMEMBER.
IF HEROS ARE FOUND IT IS THE IRA'S OF THIS WORLD AND JAYESS THAT GAVE THEM TO US.
TO ALL WHO KEEP THE SILENT WATCH WITH IRA ON PANEL 29E REST FOR WE REMEMBER WITH SAD HEARTS THE MANY LIKE IRA WE HAVE LOST.
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