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FRANK GARCIA JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1946 – August 4, 1967
Service recordFrank Garcia JR, of Billings, Montana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 4, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 77
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 77
- RICHARD CHARLES FERDIGSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- MATHEW GIBBSFireman Apprentice · August 4, 1967
- LAWRENCE RUTHERFORD KIMBLERSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- DWIGHT D WOOLFSpecialist Five · August 4, 1967
From Billings
- KENNETH LEE DERHEIMStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1965
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES GOODHUE BOYERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID PADILLALance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- ALAN FREDERICK ASHALLLieutenant Commander · August 29, 1968
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.