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EARL B ESTEP JR
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 15, 1921 – October 2, 1968
Service recordEarl B Estep JR, of Nitro, West Virginia, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 2, 1968, in Thailand, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 15, 1921
- Home of record
- Nitro, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1968
- Age
- 47
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 61
- JOSE D MELENDEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- RUDY EDEJER EAYCorporal · October 2, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD ERWINCommander · October 2, 1968
- JAMES AUGUSTUS HOLLISSpecialist Four · October 2, 1968
From Nitro
- JAMES LAWRENCE TAYLORSergeant · March 10, 1966
- JAMES CRAIG WEARSPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- RANDOLPH MONROE HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · November 4, 1970
- STEPHEN ALAN MOOREStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1971
- WILLIAM PORTER WALTERSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1971
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.