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EDELMIRO LEONEL GARCIA SR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 4, 1937 – May 12, 1971
Service recordEdelmiro Leonel Garcia SR, of Mercedes, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 33
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 4, 1937
- Home of record
- Mercedes, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1971
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 33
- NATHAN LARRY LEESpecialist Four · May 11, 1971
- JAMES LEWIS SHEFFPrivate First Class · May 11, 1971
- JAMES RICHARD COOPERSpecialist Four · May 12, 1971
- GUY VICTOR FEARNSergeant · May 12, 1971
- ALLAN LOMBARD DUNNING JREnsign · October 19, 1973
From Mercedes
- ISIDRO MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- PEDRO MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- TOMAS MARROQUIN JRPrivate First Class · August 11, 1966
- RODOLFO ANDRES SAENZPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- ARTURO GARCIASpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- HAROLD RAY REEVESSergeant · February 4, 1968
- GUADALUPE PRADO JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- JOHN DOSS ALLENLance Corporal · May 24, 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.