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CARLOS HILL GARCIA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1951 – April 13, 1970
Service recordCarlos Hill Garcia, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 131
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1951
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 131
- RALPH CURTIS EMBREY IIChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 13, 1970
- LARRY EDWARD FRANCISSpecialist Five · April 13, 1970
- JUAN GARCIA-GARAYSergeant · April 13, 1970
- BENNY DOYCE GREENEStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MILES CALDWELLSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 130
- JAMES JOHN COOKSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 130
- JAMES MICHAEL REINHARDTSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 1
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.