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HENRY ALLEN GARZA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 12, 1941 – November 8, 1966
Service recordHenry Allen Garza, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1941
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1966
- Age
- 25
- 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 November 8, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 44
- MATHEREW DENNIS RENFROEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · November 8, 1966
- WALTER JAMES SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · November 8, 1966
- RAFAEL VEGA-MAYSONETPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD GEE BLACKMONSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 40
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · Panel 12E, Line 40
- HOWARD LEWIS BOWENPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 40
- DAVID BRIAN DANNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 41
- ARTHUR RAYMOND ERSCHOENSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 41
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 41
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 42
- JERRY LEE HAPPELPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 42
- VERTIS JAMES HILL JRMaster Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 42
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 42
- JAMES MATHEW KELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 43
- BERNARD FRANCIS KISTLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 43
- RONALD VIRGIL PUTNAMCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 43
- MICHAEL JOSEPH QUEALYCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 43
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 44
- WALTER JAMES SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 44
- RAFAEL VEGA-MAYSONETPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 44
- CASPAR MARVIN WALSH IIISpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 45
- LESLIE EDWARD WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 45
- NATHANIEL WYLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 45
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.