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BRIAN ROBERT ESTES
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – March 2, 1969
Service recordBrian Robert Estes, of Whittier, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 11
- ANTHONY BOY CURCILance Corporal · March 2, 1969
- CARL SCOTT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- PETER ALFRED DUPERRYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- EDWARD LEE GILLIARDSpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEE GILLIARDSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 11
- HEUVEL DAVID F VANDENPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 17
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
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.