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LARRY ROBERT GARCIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1949 – May 18, 1970
Service recordLarry Robert Garcia, of Eloy, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Eloy, Arizona (Pinal County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 61
- JOHN EDWARD DARLING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1970
- HARVEY GENE GRAHAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1970
- CARLTON COE GRAYSergeant · May 18, 1970
- EDWARD F HABBLETT JRPetty Officer First Class · May 18, 1970
From Eloy
- SISTO BOJORQUEZ BOJORQUEZPrivate · January 9, 1968
- JAMES CHARLES DAN SIMMONSLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- CLINTON MONROE GAULT JRStaff Sergeant · October 28, 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.