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DOMINGO YABBARA GARCIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1947 – October 11, 1969
Service recordDomingo Yabbara Garcia, of Five Points, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 66
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Five Points, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 66
- RONALD LAMAR CANNONSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- LARRY EDWIN CROWSergeant · October 11, 1969
- ALAN DAVIS GROOMSergeant · October 11, 1969
- JOHN HOOPER V HATHAWAYCaptain · October 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR LAWRENCE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 67
- ROBERT LOONEYSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 68
- WILLIAM ORTEGA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 69
From Five Points
- NICKOLAS GASTELUM GARCIASpecialist Four · April 22, 1969
- DAVID THORNTON TAYLORSergeant · February 20, 1971
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.