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DAVID Z GARCIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1943 – June 7, 1966
Service recordDavid Z Garcia, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 17
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
- Ordnance Supply And Part Specialist (76D)
- Born
- October 31, 1943
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 17
- WALTER ALLAN LINZYLieutenant · May 26, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- ROBERT BERNARD HEMNESCorporal · June 7, 1966
- TERRY FLOYD HUSTONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES JACOBSMajor · June 7, 1966
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.