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NICKOLAS GASTELUM GARCIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – April 22, 1969
Service recordNickolas Gastelum Garcia, of Five Points, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 25
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Five Points, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 25
- JAMES HUDSON JRSpecialist Four · April 22, 1969
- FELIX JACQUESPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- DAVID LEESergeant · April 22, 1969
- OFALEE PERKINSPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES COUSARStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 24
- ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITHSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 27
- JOHN MICHAEL WALSHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 28
From Five Points
- DOMINGO YABBARA GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- DAVID THORNTON TAYLORSergeant · February 20, 1971
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.