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JOE ROBERT GARCIA
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 30, 1947 – June 4, 1969
Service recordJoe Robert Garcia, of Austin, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 63
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 63
- DONNEY DELANEYPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- FRANCO ANTONIO DITULLIOFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1969
- PATRICK DALE FINCHSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- GREGORY GERALD FUCHSCaptain · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HARRISON HOPKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 64
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.