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WILLIE GARCIA JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 5, 1947 – February 6, 1968
Service recordWillie Garcia JR, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 56
- JAMES LEE FUCHSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- DONALD LOUIS GALLAGHERChief Petty Officer · February 6, 1968
- REGINALD JOSEPH GAUTREAULance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- WAYNE AUGUST GOETSCHPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOHN BACHMANCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 47
- ROBERT EARL BALDWINSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 47
- EDWARD JAMES BOVACorporal · Panel 37E, Line 49
- RONALD WILLIAM BRYANTCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 50
- WILLIS GLEN CARDINCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 52
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · Panel 37E, Line 52
- JOHN H EDWARDS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 54
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 58
- EDWARD JOHN KOWSKI JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 60
- WALTER THAXTON PANNELLSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 66
- CONRAD E ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 67
- WILLIAM A SAWYERSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 68
- PAUL DAVID SHAMP JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 69
- TENNYSON AARON THOMASCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 71
- MICHAEL WARREN WEBSTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 75
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.