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JOHN GARCIA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1944 – February 4, 1966
Service recordJohn Garcia, of Selma, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 3
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Selma, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “H CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 3
- ARNOLD E ISONSergeant · February 4, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JOHN H THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH ARVID ARVIDSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1966
From Selma
- SANTOS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- PHILLIP ARNOLD HERRERA JRLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS SHELTONSergeant · January 6, 1967
- PEDRO ORTIZSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- JUAN J PEREZFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD ZAMORASpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- ARTHUR OLOGUE SOTOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- STEVEN PARKER BRODRICKFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
- GARY ALLEN COXLance Corporal · June 5, 1969
- LAVON NEIL PRATHERSpecialist Four · June 24, 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.