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EDWARD MARC GARCIA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 15, 1941 – September 1, 1971
Service recordEdward Marc Garcia, of Westbury, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 7
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Westbury, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 7
- FREDERIC C SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · August 31, 1971
- LARRY JOHN KLUEVERCaptain · September 1, 1971
- JOHN PHILIP QUINN JRSergeant · September 1, 1971
- ARTHUR TOMASCHEKCaptain · September 1, 1971
From Westbury
- WESTON DAVID MACLEANLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH FORANFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH ROBERT TRIERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- CLIFFORD RAYMOND BENNETTLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- HENRY LEWIS NIXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- THOMAS PETER JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM SALTERStaff Sergeant · January 11, 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.