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JOHNNY PHILLIP GARCIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1950 – December 3, 1970
Service recordJohnny Phillip Garcia, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 104
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 104
- FRANCISCO VEGALance Corporal · December 2, 1970
- DAVID MICHALE BAUMSpecialist Four · December 3, 1970
- LARRY EDWARD GILLIAMPrivate First Class · December 3, 1970
- ROBERT LEE HOWELLSergeant First Class · December 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MICHALE BAUMSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 104
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.