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JUAN GARCIA-GARAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1951 – April 13, 1970
Service recordJuan Garcia-Garay, of Downey, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 131
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Downey, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 131
- RALPH CURTIS EMBREY IIChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 13, 1970
- LARRY EDWARD FRANCISSpecialist Five · April 13, 1970
- CARLOS HILL GARCIASergeant · April 13, 1970
- BENNY DOYCE GREENEStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANKLIN AUSTINSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 129
- TROY VERNAL CANADYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 130
- KENNETH LEON MCCARTYSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEE PENDERGASTSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 1
- LESLIE JAMES WATSONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 2
From Downey
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- FRED ALBERT TRYON JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- CLIFFORD LEROY WHIPPLELance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- JON LAIRD MESSERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- MICHAEL CHEROFFSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- DURAND GARFIELD LIGGETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WAYNE CLARK HARMONCorporal · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL LAUERCorporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
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.