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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Andres Garcia.

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ANDRES GARCIA

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

November 29, 1942 – January 14, 1966

Service record

Andres Garcia, of Spur, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 4E · Line 73

Position of Panel 4E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
November 29, 1942
Home of record
Spur, Texas (Dickens County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 14, 1966
Age
23
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

Five names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 4E, Line 73

Same unit, same day

From Spur

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.