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GEORGE ARRIAGA GARCIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1948 – June 16, 1967
Service recordGeorge Arriaga Garcia, of New Braunfels, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- New Braunfels, Texas (Comal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 112
- JOHN EDWARD CAMINOPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- JOSEPH EARL HAMMACSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- JERRY MALONE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
From New Braunfels
- THOMAS EARL EDDYCaptain · June 26, 1966
- VICTORIANO PEREZ SOSA JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- BENITO MORALESPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- EARNEST WESLEY CARAWAYSergeant · February 10, 1968
- CHARLES D CROCKETT JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- EZEQUIEL TORRES JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1969
- JESSE ALLAN WISDOMCaptain · February 6, 1970
- ARNO JOSEPH VOIGTSergeant First Class · June 4, 1970
- JOSE LUNA GONZALES JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 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.