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ARTHUR MARTINEZ GARCIA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 15, 1947 – February 7, 1970
Service recordArthur Martinez Garcia JR, of Mammoth, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 111
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Mammoth, Arizona (Pinal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 111
- TED JASON BISHOPCorporal · February 7, 1970
- ROY EVERETT COUCHColonel · February 7, 1970
- RAYMOND JOHN DILORENZOFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL FUHRMANLance Corporal · February 7, 1970
From Mammoth
- JUAN MANUEL GARCIAPrivate First Class · November 20, 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.