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LUPERTO GARCIA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 22, 1948 – June 27, 1968
Service recordLuperto Garcia, of Belen, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 5
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
- April 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Belen, New Mexico (Valencia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 5
- BILLY W CHILDRESSSergeant · June 27, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL DELUCASpecialist Four · June 27, 1968
- VINCENT JOSEPH ROSSOTTOCorporal · June 27, 1968
- ELTON STANTON STALLSSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
From Belen
- MICHAEL LEON LOVATOPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- HILARIO MORENOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- EDDIE ANTHONY MARTINEZ JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- JOHN STANTON WILSONCaptain · February 23, 1969
- EDDIE LEONARD GARCIAPrivate · June 30, 1969
- MARK ALVAN TAFOYASergeant · October 2, 1970
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.