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GILBERTO SOTO-GARCIA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1928 – July 3, 1966
Service recordGilberto Soto-Garcia, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1928
- Home of record
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 125
- HERBERT LAPPStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- WILLIAM EWING LEWISSpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- RAYMOND LEE MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- ROBERT JOSEPH MORRISPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER EUGENE BROOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 122
- CURTIS BROCKINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 123
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 123
- ROBERT PHILIP CATLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 123
- DANIEL LEE FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 124
- EUREY LEE HATCHETTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 124
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 124
- JOE EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 124
- HERBERT LAPPStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 125
- WILLIAM EWING LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 125
- RAYMOND LEE MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 125
- ROBERT JOSEPH MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 125
- BERNARD GORDON WALINSKISergeant · Panel 8E, Line 126
- KENNETH LEE SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 127
- DAVID RONALD STONESergeant · Panel 8E, Line 127
- JASPER DEAN STURDIVANTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 127
- HAROLD B REEDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 128
From San Juan
- VINCENTE MEDINA-TORRESMaster Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- VICTOR R VELAZQUEZ-LOPEZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · January 6, 1968
- RAMON LOPEZSergeant First Class · March 13, 1968
- RAMIRO INFANZON-COLONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- GASPAR CRUZ-LEBRONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANAStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1970
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · May 22, 1970
- CLAUDIUS AUGUSTUS SMALLSergeant · March 21, 1971
- JOSEPH AUGUSTINA AUBAINSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
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.