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DAVID GARZA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1947 – November 19, 1969
Service recordDavid Garza, of Eagle Pass, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 95
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Eagle Pass, Texas (Maverick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 95
- DOUGLAS EUGENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · October 1, 1969
- WALIS WARREN GARSTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1969
- CRAIG STEVEN GREENPrivate First Class · November 19, 1969
- RORY WILLIAM HUNTERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1969
- HUEY LEE ISHMANPrivate · November 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALIS WARREN GARSTPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 95
- RICHARD EDWIN WALTERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 97
From Eagle Pass
- MATIAS T RODRIGUEZ JRPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- BALTAZAR A MALDONADOPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- PABLO RENE GONZALEZLance Corporal · July 18, 1967
- RAMIRO HERRERA JRSpecialist Four · September 22, 1967
- ADRIAN LOUIS LYNN JRStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1967
- ERASMO PALOSLance Corporal · March 31, 1968
- RAMIRO FROLIAN OLIVOCorporal · May 9, 1968
- JUAN VARGAS ESTRADACorporal · January 16, 1969
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.