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DAVID ADAME GARCIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1947 – May 13, 1968
Service recordDavid Adame Garcia, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 22
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 22
- AMOS LEE FRANKLINCorporal · May 13, 1968
- GARY JOSEPH GILINSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- JEFFREY WILLIAM HAERLESpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- TOMMY LEE HANKISONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE DENNIS MATTHEWSCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 26
- OCTAVIO MOLINA-ROSARIOPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 27
- NELSON SANTIAGO-APONTESpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 2
- STANLEY JOSEPH SUKOWATEYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 3
- MARVIN GEORGE TOZOURCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 4
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.