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JOSE GARCIA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 27, 1938 – November 10, 1968
Service recordJose Garcia, of Los Ebanos, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 43
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1938
- Home of record
- Los Ebanos, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 43
- SAMMY JOE CROSSPetty Officer Third Class · November 10, 1968
- ROBERT DEARHART DREWStaff Sergeant · November 10, 1968
- RICHARD GREENSPANPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- EUGENE DONALD HILLCaptain · November 10, 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.