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ANTONIO GARCIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – March 5, 1969
Service recordAntonio Garcia, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 44
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 44
- WAYNE GARY BERNOSKASpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- HAROLD SAMUEL GLADNEYPrivate · March 5, 1969
- JIMMIE LEE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- ALLAN RONALD GYORECaptain · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JUAN AYALA-MERCADOSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 41
- EFRAIN FIGUEROA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 41
- GEORGE ALLAN CALLANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 42
- STEVEN WILLIAM DUNDASSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 43
- WAYNE GARY BERNOSKASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 44
- GARY FAY ROLFESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 45
- CARLTON JERRY JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 46
- ALFRED LALLAVESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 46
- JOHNNY RALPH LYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 47
- KENNETH MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 47
- JOSEPH JOHN STRUCELPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 49
- RONALD LEONARD WARNETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 50
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.