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ANTONIO GARCIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 20, 1947 – May 1, 1968
Service recordAntonio Garcia, of Laredo, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Laredo, Texas (Webb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 31
- JAMES RAY FEDRO SRSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- BARRY LYNN FRAZIERSergeant · May 1, 1968
- LESLIE NEIL GENERALCorporal · May 1, 1968
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 31
- RICHARD D MARTINSergeant First Class · Panel 53E, Line 37
- WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 53E, Line 43
From Laredo
- HERIBERTO ARNALDO GARCIACaptain · November 8, 1964
- RODOLFO GUADALUPE GONZALEZSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ALEJANDRO GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · December 29, 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
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.