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ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 25, 1950 – September 8, 1968
Service recordIsaac Ramirez Garcia JR, of San Fernando, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1950
- Home of record
- San Fernando, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 2
- JOHN THOMAS CORLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1968
- TERRY CHARLES CORSONSergeant · September 8, 1968
- PATRICK LEE DEWATERLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- RUSSELL NORMAN FERDIGCorporal · September 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD BLAIR CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 1
- JOHN THOMAS CORLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 2
- RUSSELL NORMAN FERDIGCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 2
- DAN VICTOR LINDHOLMSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 4
From San Fernando
- JOHN WEGER JRCaptain · October 22, 1965
- VAUN ANDREWSSergeant · October 7, 1967
- ARTHUR BUSTAMANTELance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- WILLIAM GOODRO REICHSpecialist Four · November 18, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- JAMES STEVEN ROGERSCorporal · September 15, 1969
- RUSSELL EDWARD UPRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · November 14, 1969
- DAVID RIVAS CASTILLOPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- DAVID RAMIREZ MENDOZASpecialist Four · March 26, 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.