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EDDIE LEONARD GARCIA
Private · U.S. Army
February 25, 1949 – June 30, 1969
Service recordEddie Leonard Garcia, of Belen, New Mexico, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 37
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Born
- February 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Belen, New Mexico (Valencia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 37
- GERARD JOHN FLIEGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD FOWLERStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1969
- EDWARD HARRY GERNERTPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS GIBNERCorporal · June 30, 1969
From Belen
- MICHAEL LEON LOVATOPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- LUPERTO GARCIALance Corporal · June 27, 1968
- HILARIO MORENOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- EDDIE ANTHONY MARTINEZ JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- JOHN STANTON WILSONCaptain · February 23, 1969
- MARK ALVAN TAFOYASergeant · October 2, 1970
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.