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ESEQUIEL MARTINEZ ENCINAS
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 21, 1940 – June 17, 1972
Service recordEsequiel Martinez Encinas, of Wilmington, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 17, 1972, in Laos, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Wilmington, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1972
- Age
- 32
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1972. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 43
- THOMAS RALPH HAMMANCaptain · June 15, 1972
- RICHARD JOSEPH MEECHANColonel · June 15, 1972
- JOHN JOSEPH CABRALLieutenant · June 16, 1972
- LEON ANDREW HUNTStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1972
From Wilmington
- ANTONIO DUARTE PADILLACorporal · August 21, 1965
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
- RUDOLPH ALGAR NUNEZSergeant · June 13, 1966
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · November 4, 1967
- DONALD MORGAN KROTZERPrivate · November 25, 1967
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- JAVIER PUENTES FIGUEROACorporal · January 28, 1968
- JESUS GUTIERREZ ESCOBARLance Corporal · June 25, 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.