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ERROL W ESQUILIN-ORTIZ
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 6, 1945 – August 19, 1968
Service recordErrol W Esquilin-Ortiz, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 56
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- April 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 56
- TERRY ALAN HOFFMANCorporal · August 19, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM HUTCHISONCorporal · August 19, 1968
- HORACE JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- ALDON CECIL JONESStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1968
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.