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CHARLES ESTERS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1947 – January 30, 1967
Service recordCharles Esters JR, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 97
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 97
- PHIL ISADORE VALDEZHospitalman · January 29, 1967
- GARY EDWIN WARDPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- PAUL DAVID HOLLOWAYStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1967
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.