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ANDRES GARCIA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1954 – May 15, 1975
Service recordAndres Garcia, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1975, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 132
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personal Computer (Pc)/Tactical Office Machine Repairer (2818)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQ SVC CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 27, 1954
- Home of record
- Carlsbad, New Mexico (Eddy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1975
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Uss Mayaguez Capture
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1975. In May 1975, 42 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Cambodia while the Mayaguez incident was under way. After Khmer Rouge forces seized the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez in May 1975, Marines assaulted Koh Tang island; their names are the last on the Wall.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 132
- WALTER BOYDPrivate First Class · May 15, 1975
- RICHARD WILLIAM RIVENBURGHPrivate First Class · May 15, 1975
- ELWOOD EUGENE RUMBAUGHStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1975
- RICHARD VANDEGEERSecond Lieutenant · May 15, 1975
From Carlsbad
- MAX COLEMAN SIMPSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- CLARK DAVID FRANKLINPetty Officer Third Class · April 24, 1966
- LLOYD BURNEY MAGBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- ROGER THURSTON SAWYERSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD HARRISONPetty Officer Third Class · May 20, 1968
- JOHNNY DWAIN CABECorporal · June 3, 1968
- MIGUEL F MONTANEZSpecialist Five · November 26, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR FOSTER IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- RICARDO GONZALEZ DAVISSergeant First Class · March 20, 1969
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.