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RICHARD GARZA JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 31, 1945 – July 1, 1969
Service recordRichard Garza JR, of San Jose, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 1, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 41
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS KRISHNA ARL 38
- Born
- August 31, 1945
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 41
- LARRY JOE WHITECorporal · June 30, 1969
- DAVID JIM COLLINSCorporal · July 1, 1969
- CORDELL GROVEPrivate First Class · July 1, 1969
- CHARLES ODEAN HAMILTONSergeant · July 1, 1969
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.