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DOMINGO ESCALANTE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 17, 1944 – February 16, 1967
Service recordDomingo Escalante JR, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 334 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “334 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 42
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHESTER WADE EDENSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- LARRY STEVEN FETHEROLFPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MANUEL SOLARES FLORESPlatoon Sergeant · February 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAY EUGENE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15E, Line 40
- MICHAEL STEVEN UHLIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15E, Line 52
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- JOHN HARRY JOHNSONSergeant Major · July 12, 1967
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.