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OSCAR GARCIA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 3, 1935 – October 28, 1966
Service recordOscar Garcia, of Falfurrias, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 122
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1935
- Home of record
- Falfurrias, Texas (Brooks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 122
- DANIEL THOMAS FLOWERSLance Corporal · October 28, 1966
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- RICHARD RAY HENLINGLance Corporal · October 28, 1966
- WILLIS ARNOLD KARICKHOFFAirman First Class · October 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN BOSKO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 120
- WALTER JACKSON CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 121
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 123
- TERRY LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 124
- STANLEY ROBERT TOMASOVICPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 124
- RONALD WYATTPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 125
From Falfurrias
- VITALIO VELA JRSergeant · February 14, 1968
- PATRICIO MALDONADO JRSergeant · February 28, 1968
- DOMINGO RODRIGUEZ JRPrivate · March 6, 1968
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.