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GREGORIO M GARCIA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1932 – July 31, 1966
Service recordGregorio M Garcia, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 91
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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
- April 18, 1932
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 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 9E, Line 91
- LEONARD JEROME BIBBSSpecialist Four · July 31, 1966
- KENNETH ROBERT CARTERSergeant · July 31, 1966
- RONALD FRANCIS HOCKCorporal · July 31, 1966
- ALVIN HOPKINS JRSergeant First Class · July 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 90
- KENNETH ROBERT CARTERSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 91
- ALVIN HOPKINS JRSergeant First Class · Panel 9E, Line 91
- JAMES STEWART JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 92
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.