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JUAN F GARCIA-FIGUEROA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1947 – June 5, 1968
Service recordJuan F Garcia-Figueroa, of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 17
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Yabucoa, Puerto Rico (Yabucoa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 17
- JEFFERY EVAN FESERLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- MACARTHUR G GEESergeant · June 5, 1968
- CLAUDE MARVIN GEORGEPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- AUGUST GONSALVES JRSergeant · June 5, 1968
From Yabucoa
- ANTHONY JOHN MONTESCorporal · September 6, 1968
- PEDRO RODRIGUEZ-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
- JUAN ESPINOSACorporal · March 15, 1971
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.