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ADOLFO MEDARDO ESTRADA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1948 – December 3, 1968
Service recordAdolfo Medardo Estrada, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 34
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 34
- HOWARD HERCHER MAYERCorporal · December 3, 1968
- BENJAMIN MELVINPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- STEVEN VICTOR MERSHONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- DAVID LEE URBANPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER TIMOTHY BAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 27
- MICHEAL ROGER BAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 27
- EDWARD ALLEN BELLSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 28
- JAMES JOSEPH BOLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 28
- DANIEL JOSEPH BURDICKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 28
- JOSEPH THOMAS BURSIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 29
- HARVEY WILLIAM CARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 29
- JOHN CLARK DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 30
- WILLIAM JEWEL DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 31
- JAMES BRYAN DILLARDSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 31
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCATEESpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 31
- FLOYD GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 32
- JOHN NOBLE HOLCOMBSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 32
- THOMAS ALLEN HOWERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 32
- MARION BENNETT HUGHES JRPrivate · Panel 37W, Line 33
- WEBSTER BEREAL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 33
- DANNY JOSEPH MAWDSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 33
- BENJAMIN MELVINPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 34
- STEVEN VICTOR MERSHONSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 34
- FRED JOHN PAULPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 35
- RICHARD DENNIS RANDALLSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 35
- DENNIS JOSEPH RUSSOPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 36
- IRWIN NORMAN SOKALSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 36
- HENRY SZORPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 36
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.