The Wall › Panel 24E › California › Manuel Mendez Garcia JR
MANUEL MENDEZ GARCIA JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1948 – July 28, 1967
Service recordManuel Mendez Garcia JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 12
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- January 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 12
- JOHN R EVANSSergeant · July 28, 1967
- ROBERT OMER GAGNEFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1967
- GERALD BRICE KEENESecond Lieutenant · July 28, 1967
- KERMIT HAROLD LABELLE JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.