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RAUL GARCIA JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 11, 1948 – January 2, 1970
Service recordRaul Garcia JR, of Donna, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Donna, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 119
- STEVEN LYNN GREENPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- WILLIE JAMES HAYESStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1970
- ROGER WENDELL KVERNESLieutenant Colonel · January 2, 1970
- RONNIE GEORGE LINDSTROMCaptain · January 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TANNER MARTIN BROWN JRCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 117
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DANGELICOSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 117
- FRANK MELVIN DUNSMORE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 118
- STEVEN LYNN GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 119
- DALLAS RAY SNODGRASSCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 120
- ROBERT CARROL WRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 121
From Donna
- JUAN BENITEZPrivate First Class · October 17, 1965
- GUADALUPE MASIAS ALVAREZLance Corporal · September 9, 1967
- RAFAEL DELEON JRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
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.