Missing PVT Garcia, Joe A. – 37702625
About PVT Garcia – 37702625
| Name: Garcia, Joe A. |
| Initials: Joe Amado |
| Rank: Private (PVT) |
| Service number: 37702625 |
| Status: Missing in action (MIA) |
| Missing since: October 12, 1944 |
| Unit: 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 60th Infantry Division, Company A |
| Start project: 2019 |
| End project: Open |
| Commemorated: Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands Margraten U.S. Cemetery and Memorial |
| Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart |
| Research by: To be determined |
| Case ID: # 0078 |
Circumstances
PVT Joe A. Garcia and SSGT Cecil Banks went both missing in the Huertgen Forest, Germany.
PVT Garcia was a member of a reconnaissance patrol in the vicinity of Germeter, Germany. According to AG201 file the patrol was fired upon by the enemy and PVT Garcia was not seen after this incident.