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FIDENCIO GARZA RIOS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1951 – July 6, 1970
Service recordFidencio Garza Rios JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 125
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1951
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 125
- RICHARD C WORTHINGTON JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 6, 1970
- JOHN ROBERT SIEVERSLance Corporal · July 6, 1970
- ALBERT FLORES TRISTANSpecialist Four · July 6, 1970
- STEVE ALAN VESTALCorporal · July 6, 1970
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.