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ALBARO QUEZADA GARCIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 19, 1949 – June 24, 1970
Service recordAlbaro Quezada Garcia, of Nampa, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 88
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Nampa, Idaho (Canyon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 88
- MICHAEL LEE CONKLINSergeant · June 24, 1970
- JAMES WALTER CRIDERMaster Sergeant · June 24, 1970
- MICHAEL RAYMOND DADISMANSpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- JAMES BEN HICKSSergeant · June 24, 1970
From Nampa
- EDWARD JOSEPH WEIDENBACHChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1967
- JIMMY LEE WARDPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JESS BURTON BOICOURT JRCorporal · March 11, 1968
- GERALD LEE BALDWINCorporal · December 12, 1969
- KAY KAZU KIMURAFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1970
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.