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FRANCISCO M GARCIA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1948 – April 26, 1969
Service recordFrancisco M Garcia JR, of Tucumcari, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 53
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Tucumcari, New Mexico (Quay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 53
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CORNELISONSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- JAMES R DORSEY JRStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1969
- JAMES BOYD EAST JRMajor · April 26, 1969
- GEORGE ELWOOD EATONStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE HUGHES BURTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 52
- DWIGHT ALLEN MCNEESSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 55
- WILLIE JAMES MURRYCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 55
From Tucumcari
- ANDREW JOSE PACHECOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- RAMON FELIX ORTEGA JRStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- SAM EGGERTCorporal · May 10, 1969
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.