REEDLEY SOLDIER IS REPORTED KILLED IN WAR IN FRANCE:
REEDLEY (FRESNO CO.) JAN. 30. ESPIRIDION GARCIA, OF REEDLEY, HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT THAT HIS SON ARMY TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE JOE M. GARCIA, 24, WAS KILLED IN ACTION JANUARY 16TH IN FRANCE. GARCIA WAS BORN IN FRESNO AND MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO REEDLEY IN 1934. HE LIVED ON THE LLOYD KULLMAN RANCH NEAR HERE PRIOR TO ENTERING THE SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1941. HIS FATHER AND BROTHER, PAUL GARCIA, LIVE ON THE KULLMAN PLACE. HE ALSO LEAVES ANOTHER BROTHER, LAWRENCE GARCIA, IN THE ARMY SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE.
(TAKEN FROM FRESNO BEE NEWSPAPER JAN 30, 1945)
JOE M GARCIA GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR II, HE FOUGHT HONORABLY WITH HIS UNIT IN THE BATTLE FOR HERRLISHEIM. THIS WAS THE BLOODIEST BATTLE FOR THE 12TH ARMORED DIVISION WHO LOST 20% OF THEIR MEN IN THIS BATTLE ALONE. HE WAS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE 56TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION HEADQUARTERS COMPANY. THE 12TH ARMORED DIVISION WOULD LATER BE DISCOVERED TO BE GEN. PATTONS "MYSTERY DIVISION".
REEDLEY (FRESNO CO.) JAN. 30. ESPIRIDION GARCIA, OF REEDLEY, HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT THAT HIS SON ARMY TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE JOE M. GARCIA, 24, WAS KILLED IN ACTION JANUARY 16TH IN FRANCE. GARCIA WAS BORN IN FRESNO AND MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO REEDLEY IN 1934. HE LIVED ON THE LLOYD KULLMAN RANCH NEAR HERE PRIOR TO ENTERING THE SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1941. HIS FATHER AND BROTHER, PAUL GARCIA, LIVE ON THE KULLMAN PLACE. HE ALSO LEAVES ANOTHER BROTHER, LAWRENCE GARCIA, IN THE ARMY SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE.
(TAKEN FROM FRESNO BEE NEWSPAPER JAN 30, 1945)
JOE M GARCIA GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR II, HE FOUGHT HONORABLY WITH HIS UNIT IN THE BATTLE FOR HERRLISHEIM. THIS WAS THE BLOODIEST BATTLE FOR THE 12TH ARMORED DIVISION WHO LOST 20% OF THEIR MEN IN THIS BATTLE ALONE. HE WAS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE 56TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION HEADQUARTERS COMPANY. THE 12TH ARMORED DIVISION WOULD LATER BE DISCOVERED TO BE GEN. PATTONS "MYSTERY DIVISION".
REEDLEY SOLDIER IS REPORTED KILLED IN WAR IN FRANCE:
REEDLEY (FRESNO CO.) JAN. 30. ESPIRIDION GARCIA, OF REEDLEY, HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT THAT HIS SON ARMY TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE JOE M. GARCIA, 24, WAS KILLED IN ACTION JANUARY 16TH IN FRANCE. GARCIA WAS BORN IN FRESNO AND MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO REEDLEY IN 1934. HE LIVED ON THE LLOYD KULLMAN RANCH NEAR HERE PRIOR TO ENTERING THE SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1941. HIS FATHER AND BROTHER, PAUL GARCIA, LIVE ON THE KULLMAN PLACE. HE ALSO LEAVES ANOTHER BROTHER, LAWRENCE GARCIA, IN THE ARMY SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE.
(TAKEN FROM FRESNO BEE NEWSPAPER JAN 30, 1945)
JOE M GARCIA GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR II, HE FOUGHT HONORABLY WITH HIS UNIT IN THE BATTLE FOR HERRLISHEIM. THIS WAS THE BLOODIEST BATTLE FOR THE 12TH ARMORED DIVISION WHO LOST 20% OF THEIR MEN IN THIS BATTLE ALONE. HE WAS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE 56TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION HEADQUARTERS COMPANY. THE 12TH ARMORED DIVISION WOULD LATER BE DISCOVERED TO BE GEN. PATTONS "MYSTERY DIVISION".
REEDLEY (FRESNO CO.) JAN. 30. ESPIRIDION GARCIA, OF REEDLEY, HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT THAT HIS SON ARMY TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE JOE M. GARCIA, 24, WAS KILLED IN ACTION JANUARY 16TH IN FRANCE. GARCIA WAS BORN IN FRESNO AND MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO REEDLEY IN 1934. HE LIVED ON THE LLOYD KULLMAN RANCH NEAR HERE PRIOR TO ENTERING THE SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1941. HIS FATHER AND BROTHER, PAUL GARCIA, LIVE ON THE KULLMAN PLACE. HE ALSO LEAVES ANOTHER BROTHER, LAWRENCE GARCIA, IN THE ARMY SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE.
(TAKEN FROM FRESNO BEE NEWSPAPER JAN 30, 1945)
JOE M GARCIA GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR II, HE FOUGHT HONORABLY WITH HIS UNIT IN THE BATTLE FOR HERRLISHEIM. THIS WAS THE BLOODIEST BATTLE FOR THE 12TH ARMORED DIVISION WHO LOST 20% OF THEIR MEN IN THIS BATTLE ALONE. HE WAS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE 56TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION HEADQUARTERS COMPANY. THE 12TH ARMORED DIVISION WOULD LATER BE DISCOVERED TO BE GEN. PATTONS "MYSTERY DIVISION".
Inscription
TEC 5 56th ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION 12th ARMORED DIVISION. WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
After the War the US Govt began notifying families about their loved ones remains, Espiridion and his sons made the decision to have Joe brought back home. He was finally laid to rest at home on July 12th 1948.
