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CRECENCIO CASAREZ GARCIA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1943 – April 24, 1968
Service recordCrecencio Casarez Garcia, of Converse, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 45
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Converse, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 45
- PAUL BAREN CREIGHTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- STEVE DAVISLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- RUSSELL FLOYD DEITCHLERSergeant · April 24, 1968
- RALPH FREDENBERGSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWIN CHARLE MULCAHYSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 48
- LESTER TIMOTHY WALKERSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 1
- CURTIS RONALD WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 2
From Converse
- ROBERT MINOR MCVEAPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- MARCUS WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · June 16, 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.