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RAMON GARCIA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1947 – August 23, 1968
Service recordRamon Garcia, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 42
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 47W, Line 42
- WILBURN CHASTAIN GIDEONCaptain · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES RONALD GOLLINGPetty Officer Third Class · August 23, 1968
- FRANK GOMEZSergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HARNEDSergeant · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE LEE WHITLEYCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 57
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.