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GUADALUPE B L GARIBAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1946 – March 2, 1967
Service recordGuadalupe B L Garibay, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 1
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1946
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 1
- JOHN WAYNE BARKERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD BART BLINDERCorporal · March 2, 1967
- PAUL LAMAR CARTERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS GEORGE DENNINGLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.