Johnnie Garcia |
| Posted 2008-11-08 by Sharon |
| The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ February 22, 1945, p. 1 Parents of Pvt. Johnnie Garcia, Mr. and Mrs. Ygnacio L. Garcia of Wickenburg, are still awaiting word from the War department giving them more details concerning Johnnie’s death in action while serving with the infantry in Belgium. To date, the family has had only a telegram and letter from the adjutant general reporting he was killed in action on January 19. Johnnie was a popular resident of Wickenburg before enlisting in the army more than three years ago. He graduated from the Wickenburg Elementary school and was employed at the Culture mine when he volunteered for service. He had been overseas more than a year and had just recovered from wounds received last year in the fighting in France when he fell before enemy gunfire Belgium. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona October 31, 1947 REMAINS OF JOHN GARCIA BACK IN U.S. Burial Here for Lad Who Died in Action The body of JOHN GARCIA, son of YGNACIO GARCIA of Wickenburg, has been brought back to the country from abroad and will arrive here within the next week for burial in the Garcia cemetery on the Prescott highway. John was killed in action in Belgium on January 19, 1945, shortly after he had returned to the front upon recovering from injuries received the previous June in fighting in France. His body was one of 18 Arizona soldiers which arrived last Sunday in New York aboard the army transport Joseph V. Connolly. A telegram to Mr. Garcia from the War Department early this week, notified him of the arrival of his son's body. Howard L. COFFINGER, local mortician also received word that the body would probably be held six days in New York before being sent by train to Wickenburg. Details of the service for the youth have not developed, pending receipt of more definite information as to the arrival of the body here. See Also: Find A Grave |
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