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JOSE I GARCIA-MALDONADO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 18, 1947 – April 30, 1967
Service recordJose I Garcia-Maldonado, of Naguabo, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 129
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Naguabo, Puerto Rico (Naguabo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 129
- BRUCE HASSELL SCRAGGSpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- BARRY JAN SHORTPlatoon Sergeant · April 30, 1967
- GENE DARRELL SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HARUM BASSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 118
- BARRY JAN SHORTPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 129
From Naguabo
- JOSE D MELENDEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · October 1, 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.