Louis Francis Garrow1

M, #25248, b. Jun 9, 1936, d. Oct 11, 1956
Relationship3rd cousin 2 times removed of Malcolm Kenyon McKown Jr.
Pedigree
ChartsGarrow Descendants Chart
Father*William Herbert Garrow Sr.1 b. Sep 10, 1910, d. Jan 27, 1993
Mother*Etta Eva Harris1 b. Sep 25, 1915, d. Oct 10, 2011

Chronological Events

Birth*Jun 9, 1936 Louis Francis Garrow was born on Jun 9, 1936 at Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont, United States.1 
 He was the son of William Herbert Garrow Sr. and Etta Eva Harris.1 
Death*Oct 11, 1956 Louis Francis Garrow died on Oct 11, 1956, at age 20 at Fort Campbell, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, United States, while taking part in a training jump with the 506th Airporne Infantry Combat Group. His body was found 200 feet from his open parachute. Military authorities believed that he lost one of the chute harnesses when it opened.2 
ObituaryOct 13, 1956  OBITUARY: FT. CAMPBELL, KY, OCT. 12, 1956 – The body of a Ft. Campbell paratrooper, identified as Pfc. Louis F. Garrow, 20, who authorities say apparently fell from his parachute harness during a training jump, was found today.

Garrow, had listed his next of kin as his father, William H. Garrow, Cuttingsville, VT, and his mother, Mr. Etta Harris Holl, also of Vermont.

A spokesman for the 101st Airborne Division said Garrow jumped with the 506th Airborne Infantry Combat Group in a training maneuver Thursday night.

They said his opened parachute with the harness unbuckled was found about 200 yards from the body. Authorities theorized he had attempted a “water-drop”, in which the jumper falls free of the parachute just before striking the ground.

A search was begun Thursday night when Garrow failed to report to an assembly point after the jump.

Garrow’s death was the first parachute fatality at Ft. Campbell in 17 months and the first for the newly reactivated division.

Published in The Lexington Herald, Lexington, KY - October 13, 1956.2
 
Burial*Oct 15, 1956 He was buried on Oct 15, 1956 at Saint Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 17051937.3

Citations

  1. [S1094] Vermont - Birth Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  3. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.