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NAME Foy Ray Garison |
NICKNAME Poncho |
SERVICE NUMBER O-13387 |
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| UNIT VMF-213 Pilot |
HOME OF RECORD 4615 Travis Street Dallas, TX |
NEXT OF KIN Parents, Melvin & Ollie Garison |
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| DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1921 at Denton, TX |
ENTERED SERVICE September 11, 1942 (commissioned) |
DATE OF LOSS July 17, 1943 |
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| REGION Solomon Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Bougainville / Kahili |
CASUALTY TYPE Missing In Action Declared Dead July 18, 1944 |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS First Lieutenant Foy “Poncho” Garrison, was a pilot assigned to VMF-213, a Marine fighter squadron based out of Guadalcanal in the summer of 1943. On 17 July 1943, VMF-213 was assigned the mission of escorting a flight of TBF Avenger bombers in a strike against Japanese naval forces at Kahili, Bougainville. Over the target, an estimated thirty Zeros swooped in on the Americans. No less than four of them got on the tail of F4U-1 #02421; within seconds, the plane’s wing tanks were on fire, and it fell straight down into the sea. The pilot, Lt. Garison, was not seen to escape before the Corsair disappeared from view. Lieutenant Garison was officially declared dead on 18 July 1944. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Air Medal, Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK First Lieutenant posthumous Captain |
STATUS OF REMAINS Missing In Action |
MEMORIALS Roselawn Memorial Park, Denton, TX Manila American Cemetery |
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