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CARLOS ALBERT ESTRADA JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 8, 1942 – March 19, 1970
Service recordCarlos Albert Estrada JR, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 19, 1970, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 21
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Darlac Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 21
- JAMES WILLIAM GREENWOODTechnical Sergeant · March 19, 1970
- WILLIE HENDERSONSpecialist Four · March 19, 1970
- ROBERT AXEL JARDINE JRSpecialist Four · March 19, 1970
- FOSTER LOCKLEARSpecialist Four · March 19, 1970
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.