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JESUS MARIA GARCIA
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 3, 1932 – September 11, 1968
Service recordJesus Maria Garcia, of Conejos, Colorado, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 24
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operations Chief (3537)
- Born
- May 3, 1932
- Home of record
- Conejos, Colorado (Conejos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 24
- STEVEN ROBERT FRESEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GAGNIERSergeant · September 11, 1968
- ROLAND ALLEN GORSCHBOTHPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- DAVID KEITH HUFFMANSergeant · September 11, 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.