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VICENTE GARZA
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 21, 1942 – January 8, 1968
Service recordVicente Garza, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 85
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 85
- GLENN WAYNE FREEMANCorporal · January 8, 1968
- DANIEL RAYMOND FULWIDERSergeant · January 8, 1968
- ENRIQUE LORENZO GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE KEEPCorporal · January 8, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.