Garrett, Mike A.
Army Sergeant

Mike A. Garrett, age 31, from Laurel, Mississippi, Jones county.

Children: Rusty Garrett, 13

Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Northeast Jones High graduate
Military history: Company B, 2-189th Aviation Division 18th Aviation Brigade in Fort Stewart, Georgia

Date of death: Friday, March 1, 1991
Death details: Died in a helicopter crash while transporting Iraqi prisoners of war
Cemetery: East View Baptist Church, Jones County; Honoed in 1991 when Ash Street was renamed Garrett Street

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, findagrave.com, Hattiesburg American (1991)