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BENJAMIN GARCIA
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 27, 1949 – January 25, 1970
Service recordBenjamin Garcia, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 64
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- 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 January 25, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 64
- ROY CLAUDE BEASLEYSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- ALAN LEE BRACKENCorporal · January 25, 1970
- NORMAN ROY EVERETTSpecialist Five · January 25, 1970
- KENNETH FRIERSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- OSCAR CRUZ GONZALESCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 65
- JEFF MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 66
- VICTOR P SANNICOLASSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 67
- GEORGE THOMAS SPILLERSSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 67
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.