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HERIBERTO ARNALDO GARCIA
Captain · U.S. Army
March 16, 1933 – November 8, 1964
Service recordHeriberto Arnaldo Garcia, of Laredo, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 16, 1933
- Home of record
- Laredo, Texas (Webb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1964
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1964. In November 1964, 19 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 71
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- DANIEL GEORGE DAWSONCaptain · November 6, 1964
- DARL RUSSELL BLOOMCaptain · November 13, 1964
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
From Laredo
- RODOLFO GUADALUPE GONZALEZSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ALEJANDRO GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- JAVIER ARTURO E SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- RAUL VILLASpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- JORGE SOSAPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GUADALUPE MARTINEZSergeant First Class · November 17, 1967
- IGNACIO TORRES JRSergeant · November 18, 1967
- HOMERO PEREZStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1967
- FLORENTINO CANTU JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1968
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.