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ANDY GARNICA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 15, 1947 – January 20, 1968
Service recordAndy Garnica, of Richmond, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 86
- PETER FLETCHERCorporal · January 20, 1968
- STEPHEN ANTHONY GUARDINOPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- ELIOT FRANKLIN GUILDPetty Officer Second Class · January 20, 1968
- WILLIAM TAYLOR HARTMANSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEVE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 84
- MICHAEL EUGENE DEBUSKSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 85
- GARY LAWRENCE ELIACorporal · Panel 34E, Line 85
- JOHN ERNEST ESTENPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 85
- JOSE BENJAMIN HERRERASpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 87
- GENE MARLOW KOSELSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 88
- EDWARD KUBISKYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 88
- LEO EDWARD MICHAUDPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 89
- JOHN JOSEPH MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 90
- JAMES WAYNE PARHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 90
- ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 92
- PETER LORENZ WOODSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 1
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
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.