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FRANK JOSEPH GARCIA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1947 – April 9, 1967
Service recordFrank Joseph Garcia, of Redlands, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Redlands, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 3
- JOSEPH WILLIAM FRANCIS JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- ALAN DOUGLAS FREDRICKSONPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- GEORGE WASHINGTON FROESpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- CARIO FULLERCorporal · April 9, 1967
From Redlands
- TIM A NOEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- CRAIG STEPHEN VAUGHTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW CERVANTESLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES HUGHESSpecialist Four · November 23, 1967
- LESLIE RAY SLOANSergeant · December 9, 1967
- MICHAEL LYNN ALFORDSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- ALBERT F OBANNON JRSergeant · May 8, 1968
- DONALD LEE BRUCKARTSeaman · March 31, 1969
- STEPHEN LORD ROBERTSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER W MORGENSFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 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.