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DAVID LEE GARCILLE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 2, 1949 – August 5, 1971
Service recordDavid Lee Garcille, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · 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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 123
- DONALD BENED WHITLOCK IIISergeant · August 4, 1971
- DAVID EDWARD CINKOSKYCaptain · August 5, 1971
- ROBERT BRUCE CURRANSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
- ROBERT DARYL SEVERSONSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
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.