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ANTONIO ESTEVES-NEGRON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 12, 1935 – June 29, 1971
Service recordAntonio Esteves-Negron, of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 93
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 12, 1935
- Home of record
- Arecibo, Puerto Rico (Arecibo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1971
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1971; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 93
- MASON ALAN KEITHPrivate First Class · June 29, 1971
- MICHAEL WILLIAM NICOLSpecialist Four · June 29, 1971
- WILLIAM PORTER WALTERSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1971
- HARRY THOMAS WALTON JRCorporal · June 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MASON ALAN KEITHPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 93
- HARRY THOMAS WALTON JRCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 93
- CALVIN DOUGLAS GUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 94
From Arecibo
- ELMO ROSARIO-SALABERRIOSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- LUIS ANTONIO PEREZ-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JAIME ALBERT RIVERA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- OCTAVIO MOLINA-ROSARIOPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- ANGEL MANUEL CRUZ-VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- JOSE D GUTIERREZ-VELAZQUEZSpecialist Five · September 13, 1968
- JUAN MANUEL VELEZ-VILLAMILSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
- JOSE F ROSADO-BORGESPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- EUGENIO MOLINA-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · December 5, 1969
- DAVID CONCEPCION-NIEVESSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
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.