Garrity, Robert F.
Army Recruit

Robert F. Garrity, age 22, from Easton, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.

Parents: Joseph Garrity Sr.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Cemetery: Saint Joseph’s New in Easton

Source: Associated Press (1961), Allentown Morning Call (1961)