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DAVID ESTRADA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1947 – March 26, 1967
Service recordDavid Estrada, of Coeburn, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 51
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Coeburn, Virginia (Wise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 51
- RAYMOND BLAISE GUARINOSpecialist Five · March 26, 1967
- EDWARDO LEOPOLD GUTLOFFPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HENRYSergeant · March 26, 1967
- GOMER DAVIS HOSKINS JRSergeant First Class · March 26, 1967
From Coeburn
- RODNEY DOUGLAS PICKETTPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JAMES WILFRED CLEMENTMajor · March 11, 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.