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JAMES RONALD GARCIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1943 – June 17, 1967
Service recordJames Ronald Garcia, of Minden, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 120
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)
- Born
- December 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Minden, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 120
- GARY JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ALAN JAMES FARHATPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- RAYMOND GEORGE HAHN JRLance Corporal · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HARECorporal · June 17, 1967
From Minden
- BILLY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- PHILLIP MURRY MYLESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- WILLIE PURFOY SEAMSTERLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN BRANCHLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLOYDLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- ALLEN ROSS CULPEPPERCaptain · May 18, 1969
- PAUL DOUGLAS DUKESCorporal · August 31, 1969
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
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.