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ESIQUIO AIRNALDO CANTU
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 14, 1947 – March 26, 1967
Service recordEsiquio Airnaldo Cantu, of Bono, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 49
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Bono, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 49
- ROBERT THOMAS BRINKLEYLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE BRYSONCorporal · March 26, 1967
- CLARENCE JOHN BURLEYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1967
- ROLAND A CUTCHINSSergeant · March 26, 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.