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JOSE GARCIA JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1949 – June 3, 1969
Service recordJose Garcia JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 57
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 1, 1949
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 57
- BILLIE WAYNE REEDPrivate · June 3, 1969
- DONALD HAROLD RICHARDSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 3, 1969
- ALLEN HARVEY ROBERTSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 3, 1969
- ANDREW CLAYTON ROSEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GUILLERMO PARISICorporal · Panel 23W, Line 56
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.