Private First Class Damian J. Garza 3/75

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Private First Class Damian J. Garza 3/75

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Died Aug. 4, 2005
Operation Enduring Freedom

Private First Class Damian J. Garza died during combat operations in Afghanistan Aug. 4, 2005, during a mounted combat patrol northeast of Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

Private First Class Garza, 19, was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, Ga. A native of Midland, Texas, Private First Class Garza deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in July 2005. Private First Class Garza enlisted in the Army in April 2004 and completed One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning as an infantryman. After graduating from the Basic Airborne Course there, he was assigned to the Ranger Training Detachment, 75th Ranger Regt. He graduated from the Ranger Indoctrination Program in November 2004 and was then assigned to 3rd Bn., where served as an ammunition bearer.

Private First Class Garza’s awards and decorations include the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Award, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Parachutist Badge. He was posthumously awarded the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal.

Private First Class Garza is survived by his father Jaime Garza, his mother Denise Garza, his brother Justin and sister Jamie.

As a Ranger, Private First Class Garza distinguished himself as a member of the Army’s premier light infantry unit, traveled to all corners of the world in support of Global War on Terrorism and fought valiantly to “uphold the prestige, honor and high ‘esprit de corps’” of the Ranger Regiment.

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