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RAYMOND GARCIA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 21, 1946 – November 18, 1967
Service recordRaymond Garcia JR, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30E, Line 15
- LESLIE JOHN HAUERColonel · July 31, 1967
- JOHN WATTS DRINKHOUSEPetty Officer Third Class · November 18, 1967
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DYER JRPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN HARTWELLSergeant · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS BRUCE BAUMSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 13
- SAMUEL LEE CARMICHAELPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 14
- WILLIAM ANDERSON COLLINSSergeant First Class · Panel 30E, Line 14
- MICHAEL ANDREW CRABTREECaptain · Panel 30E, Line 14
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DYER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 15
- RICHARD DALE MCGHEECorporal · Panel 30E, Line 17
- DOUGLAS GRAHAM MAGRUDERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 18
- THOMAS JAY RILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 18
- CHARLES HARVEY ROBINSONCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 19
- IGNACIO TORRES JRSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 20
- LEONARD B WASHINGTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 20
- HARRY CONARD WILSON IISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 21
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.