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MARCELLO C GARZA JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 30, 1946 – April 30, 1968
Service recordMarcello C Garza JR, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 13
- EDDIE AUGUSTUS GARDNERCorporal · April 30, 1968
- CARL REED GIBSONSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- ROY LEE GIBSONSergeant · April 30, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY GLORIOSOCorporal · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEE FRISBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 12
- EDDIE AUGUSTUS GARDNERCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 13
- PAUL LYNN MILLERSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 18
- ROGER WAYNE MORGANCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 18
- ROLLIE MELVIN NORTHOUSECorporal · Panel 53E, Line 19
- JOHNNIE GENE REIDSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 22
- MICHAEL EUGENE SANTOSSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 22
- ALEXANDER TSIROSCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 24
- ALFRED MELVIN WOLFESpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 26
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.