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JERRY FRANK GARCIA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 9, 1949 – April 17, 1968
Service recordJerry Frank Garcia, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 28
- EUGENE LARRY FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN GEROUPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- MANUEL JOSEPH GOMEZGunnery Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT CLOYCE HAMPSHIRESpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.