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ANTONIO MENDEZ GARCIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1945 – March 2, 1969
Service recordAntonio Mendez Garcia, of Needles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 12
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Needles, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 12
- ROBERT ERNEST DIEHLPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- WILLIAM ANTHONY EVANSSergeant · March 2, 1969
- CLYDE WAYNE GANZYPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- MICHAEL DALE HYATTSergeant · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH LENORD BIDDLESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 10
- PETER ALFRED DUPERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 11
- MICHAEL DALE HYATTSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 12
- ROBERT LOUIS HARTERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 13
- GEORGE HENRY RIPLIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 15
- THOMAS DONALD THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 15
- HAROLD JOHN SMITHSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 16
From Needles
- JACK ROGER MCKEESergeant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT ALVA BROWN IISergeant · September 20, 1968
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.