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JUAN REFUGIO GARCIA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1949 – June 26, 1968
Service recordJuan Refugio Garcia, of Chicago Heights, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago Heights, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 2
- JOHNNIE CLAYTON CORNELIUSCaptain · June 26, 1968
- ROBERT LLOYD COULTERSpecialist Four · June 26, 1968
- PHILIP MATT CRANE IISecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1968
- JOHN FONSECAPrivate First Class · June 26, 1968
From Chicago Heights
- GARY ADRIAN BARNARDPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- GARY ROBERT WILSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 14, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY WHITEPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- JUAN MASILLOPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY PROMBOFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN BAETZELWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 1969
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.