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CPT Johnnie Linton Garner

18 Jun 1940 – 2 Sep 1967

Birth	18 Jun 1940
Death	2 Sep 1967
Cemetery	Steep Hollow Cemetery Bryan , Brazos County , Texas , USA
Added by	LMafera on 18 Jun 2018
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24008929

Bio

Transcription of Obituary from The Bryan Eagle, 5 Sept 1967 Capt. Garner Captain Johnny L. Garner, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Garner, Rt. 3 in Bryan, was killed Saturday when the helicopter he was piloting and another helicopter collided in midair near Da Nang, South Vietnam. Funeral services to be conducted with full military honors, are to be held at the Steep Hollow Baptist Church with the Revs. David Rowland and Louis Walston officiating. No date has been set for the funeral. Burial is scheduled to follow at Steep Hollow Cemetery under direction of the Hillier Funeral Home. Capt Garner was born in Bryan June 18, 1940. Except for military servcice he had lived here all his life. He graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in 1958, where he played football. He was a 1963 graduate of Texas A&M University. He entered the United States Marine Corps in 1963 and flew H-34 helicopters. Capt. Garner is survived by his wife; his parents; a daughter, Linton Dale Garner; and two sisters, Mrs. Edward V. Adams, Jr. of Waco, and Jackie Sue Garner of Bryan. Mrs. J. D. Barnett, Jr. of Bryan is his maternal grandmother. Spouse of Francis A. (Simpson) Garner

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Texas Captain US Marine Corps Vietnam

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Family

Parents

• Altus Linton Garner 1912–1991
• Gertrude Ozell Barnett Garner 1919–1991

Siblings

• Icy Irene Garner 1939–1939
• Linda Jean Garner Adams Prock 1945–2023

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