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PFC Edward LeRoy Garcia

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PFC Edward LeRoy Garcia

Birth
Wyoming, USA
Death
27 Dec 1950 (aged 21)
South Korea
Burial
Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, USA Add to Map
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Wyoming
U.S. Army
Private First Class Garcia was a member of the 7th Infantry Division Band. He was severely burned from the gas stove explosion in his tent, evacuated to the 4th Field Hospital at Taegu, South Korea where he died on July 27, 1950. Private First Class Garcia was awarded the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Wyoming
U.S. Army
Private First Class Garcia was a member of the 7th Infantry Division Band. He was severely burned from the gas stove explosion in his tent, evacuated to the 4th Field Hospital at Taegu, South Korea where he died on July 27, 1950. Private First Class Garcia was awarded the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

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