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ABEL D GARCIA JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1947 – May 8, 1967
Service recordAbel D Garcia JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 58
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 20, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 45 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 58
- MICHAEL PAUL FINLEYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES GREENCorporal · May 8, 1967
- MICHAEL MARTIN GUKICHLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- DONALD LEE GUSTAFSONStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LUHVER CLEVELANDCorporal · Panel 19E, Line 56
- DONALD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 68
- VOMER OVID WILSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 68
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.