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LEANDRO GARCIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1946 – February 2, 1968
Service recordLeandro Garcia, of Corona, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- August 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Corona, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 71
- ROBERT PAUL FOLEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- GARY LEE GABELSergeant · February 2, 1968
- SILAS EUGENE GIBSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- HORACE GILBERT GIDDENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 64
- ALBERT LEON BETTSSpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 65
- RICHARD EDWARD GIDEONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 72
- LEON FAIRDEN HUBERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 74
- STEVEN LEON RANEYSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 83
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 84
From Corona
- CHARLES VICTOR PICCOLELLAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL GRAYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- CHARLES PHILIP DETOMASOPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- ANTHONY VICTOR CAMPANIELLOSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
- RANDOLPH A EDWARDSSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM EGLIN IIILance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- VERNELL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH ZERILLISergeant · September 11, 1968
- BENJAMIN ROBERT TURIANOCorporal · March 24, 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.