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RICHARD GARCIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 4, 1946 – June 7, 1966
Service recordRichard Garcia, of Ft Ord, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Ord, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 17
- WALTER ALLAN LINZYLieutenant · May 26, 1966
- DAVID Z GARCIASpecialist Four · June 7, 1966
- ROBERT BERNARD HEMNESCorporal · June 7, 1966
- TERRY FLOYD HUSTONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES JACOBSMajor · June 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DONALD CARTERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 16
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 16
- ROBERT LOYD EMERSONPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 16
- ROBERT BERNARD HEMNESCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 17
- TERRY FLOYD HUSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 17
- JOHN BENNIE LASKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 18
- IRA HILTON PERKINS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 18
From Ft Ord
- FRANK LOUIE FREEDLESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
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.