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CHEVO GARCIA LARA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1943 – August 10, 1966
Service recordChevo Garcia Lara, of North Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 123
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1943
- Home of record
- North Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 123
- ROBERT DANIEL HIGBEELance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- WALTER PHILIP JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH KINDREDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
From North Sacramento
- MERIL OLEN MCCOY JRLieutenant · December 15, 1970
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.