Maurice Edwin Garrett Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
RankCaptain U.S. Army
Entered Service FromMercer Pennsylvania
Date of DeathOctober 22 1971
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Captain Garrett was a member of Troop A, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. On October 22, 1971, he was the pilot of a Bell Cobra Attack Helicopter (AH-1G) on an armed visual reconnaissance over Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. As he was checking weather conditions in a valley, he became lost, crashed into the mountain and exploded. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.