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AUGUSTO JOSE GARCIA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1942 – July 17, 1968
Service recordAugusto Jose Garcia, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 42
- LARRY LAWRENCE CULLNANLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- CHARLIE JUNIOR DOMINICKPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- ARTHUR ROGER DUKES JRSergeant · July 17, 1968
- EDWARD WILLIAM FELL JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.