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PEDRO CORDOVA GARCIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 19, 1949 – January 22, 1970
Service recordPedro Cordova Garcia, of Maywood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 584 ENG CO 937 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Maywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 57
- LENNIS CLYDE GENTRYSpecialist Four · January 22, 1970
- JAMES CALVIN GRAFTONSpecialist Four · January 22, 1970
- JACK DELE HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 22, 1970
- WALTER WILLIAM NUNLEY JRSergeant · January 22, 1970
From Maywood
- WILLIAM VERNON POTTERPetty Officer First Class · July 18, 1967
- DARREL WAYNE HEERENSergeant · January 7, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN EVANSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- ARTHUR THOMAS BIEMERETLance Corporal · March 11, 1970
- THOMAS ALAN DELANEYPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.