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RAYMOND CHARLES GARCIA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 25, 1948 – July 3, 1968
Service recordRaymond Charles Garcia, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 42
- JOHN LEWIS CARTERLance Corporal · July 3, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD FISCHERSecond Lieutenant · July 3, 1968
- BASIL LEE HAREFORDSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- JOSEPH HODGESSergeant · July 3, 1968
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.