Frank Joseph Garcia
1947-07-24 1967-04-09
Died Quang Nam, Vietnam - https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/17790/FRANK-J-GARCIA/page/4/ See link and pics. Vietnam Veterans Wall, Washington DC.
On the day he was buried, flags at City Hall and Safety Hall in Redlands were flown at half staff. April 21, 1967, was the first day that city of Redlands officials practiced their new policy of lowering flags on the burial day of a local serviceman. The policy was inaugurated just in time for the city to honor those who had been killed while on active duty in Vietnam. Marine Pfc. Garcia was the first to be buried at Hillside Memorial Park while the flags in Redlands waved respectfully at half staff. The community was encouraged to share in the memorial observance. Garcia grew up in Redlands. He enjoyed a close relationship with his family of four sisters, Judith, Evonne, Yvette and Linda; brother Renee, stepfather Renee Araujo and especially his mother, Fannie Araujo. They called him "Butch" and some of his friends called him "Butchie." He enjoyed his cars and his friends and was a member of the Road Gents Car Club. He owned a metallic gold Corvair and a white Comet. When he went off to the service, he asked his dad to take special care of those cars. He was very handsome and he had a lot of girlfriends at Redlands High School. Garcia enlisted in the Marine Corps just after graduating in 1965. The family was able to visit him on weekends at Camp Pendleton while he trained. They would go there and pick him up on a Saturday and bring him back on a Sunday doing that until he went to Vietnam. He was killed April 9, 1967, by enemy rifle fire while on patrol near DaNang, in the Quang Nam province of South Vietnam. He was one of 30 soldiers who died that day, and one of the more than 8,000 soldiers who died while on duty in the Quang Nam province. He was accorded full military honors.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19413927/frank-joseph-garcia See link.
On the day he was buried, flags at City Hall and Safety Hall in Redlands were flown at half staff. April 21, 1967, was the first day that city of Redlands officials practiced their new policy of lowering flags on the burial day of a local serviceman. The policy was inaugurated just in time for the city to honor those who had been killed while on active duty in Vietnam. Marine Pfc. Garcia was the first to be buried at Hillside Memorial Park while the flags in Redlands waved respectfully at half staff. The community was encouraged to share in the memorial observance. Garcia grew up in Redlands. He enjoyed a close relationship with his family of four sisters, Judith, Evonne, Yvette and Linda; brother Renee, stepfather Renee Araujo and especially his mother, Fannie Araujo. They called him "Butch" and some of his friends called him "Butchie." He enjoyed his cars and his friends and was a member of the Road Gents Car Club. He owned a metallic gold Corvair and a white Comet. When he went off to the service, he asked his dad to take special care of those cars. He was very handsome and he had a lot of girlfriends at Redlands High School. Garcia enlisted in the Marine Corps just after graduating in 1965. The family was able to visit him on weekends at Camp Pendleton while he trained. They would go there and pick him up on a Saturday and bring him back on a Sunday doing that until he went to Vietnam. He was killed April 9, 1967, by enemy rifle fire while on patrol near DaNang, in the Quang Nam province of South Vietnam. He was one of 30 soldiers who died that day, and one of the more than 8,000 soldiers who died while on duty in the Quang Nam province. He was accorded full military honors.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19413927/frank-joseph-garcia See link.