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ALEJANDRO GARCIA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 14, 1945 – December 29, 1966
Service recordAlejandro Garcia JR, of Laredo, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Laredo, Texas (Webb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 97
- DAVID RAY GATTONPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- TERRY DALE GEMASPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- JAMES DAVID GREENSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- TERRY SIDNEY GUNNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT JAMES GABRIELPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 95
- JAMES DAVID GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 97
From Laredo
- HERIBERTO ARNALDO GARCIACaptain · November 8, 1964
- RODOLFO GUADALUPE GONZALEZSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- JAVIER ARTURO E SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- RAUL VILLASpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- JORGE SOSAPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GUADALUPE MARTINEZSergeant First Class · November 17, 1967
- IGNACIO TORRES JRSergeant · November 18, 1967
- HOMERO PEREZStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1967
- FLORENTINO CANTU JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1968
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.