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ANTONIO GILBERTO YESCAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 17, 1945 – January 22, 1967
Service recordAntonio Gilberto Yescas, of Prescott, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Prescott, Arizona (Yavapai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 68
- DONALD ELTON SHOEMAKERPrivate First Class · January 22, 1967
- ROY VON WELLSPetty Officer First Class · January 22, 1967
- ERIC WARD ZOLLERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- TERRY LEE BRADENSeaman · January 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE COLEMAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 66
- HAROLD W REYNOLDSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 67
From Prescott
- LARRY L HOBBSCorporal · March 11, 1967
- JOHN J ROBERTSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EVERETT MARTINSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1967
- FORTINO JAMES APOLINARPetty Officer Third Class · January 3, 1968
- WILLIAM ARLIN JORDANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY HOLLMENPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- JAMES SCOTT BROWNCorporal · May 10, 1968
- HENRY DUANE BANKSCaptain · July 14, 1968
- DAVID ALVIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 5, 1968
- STEVEN WILLIAM DUNDASSpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
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.