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EDWARD GARCIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1943 – June 9, 1966
Service recordEdward Garcia, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 27
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- EDWARD THOMAS DA FRODSHAMPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT HANNASergeant First Class · June 9, 1966
- ROGER DAHL JACKMANSergeant · June 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HOWARD BAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 25
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 25
- ALLAN EUGENE COMBSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 26
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- JOHN T DIXONSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 26
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- EDWARD THOMAS DA FRODSHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- ROBERT HANNASergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 27
- EARL WAYNE GOODALLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 28
- ROBERT JAMES PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- MELVIN REEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 28
- JAMES EARNEST SHUYLERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 29
- CHARLES VAN TURLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 29
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 29
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.