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RICHARD CALUDE GARCIA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1947 – May 3, 1969
Service recordRichard Calude Garcia, of Morgan Hill, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 106
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Morgan Hill, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 106
- ROBERT WILLIAM BOWESergeant · May 3, 1969
- LLEWELLYN PAUL DICKENSONSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- DAVID LAVERNE GIRARDOLance Corporal · May 3, 1969
- SILAS LUCAS HICKS JRSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
From Morgan Hill
- JAMES MICHAEL DEABREPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
- JOHN NISHIMURAPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- RICHARD PEREZPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE LEONARD JRLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- FREDERICK LEE HOLMESCommander · December 30, 1971
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.