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JESSE EULOJIO GARCIA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1949 – May 2, 1968
Service recordJesse Eulojio Garcia, of Martindale, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 7
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
- June 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Martindale, Texas (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 7
- EUGENE FRANKLINPlatoon Sergeant · May 2, 1968
- RICHARD MULROY GALLERYCorporal · May 2, 1968
- JAMES STANTON HADLEY JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE IDLEPrivate First Class · May 2, 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.