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ESTEBAN WALLACE TADENA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1937 – November 7, 1967
Service recordEsteban Wallace Tadena, of Wailuku, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 45
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 4, 1937
- Home of record
- Wailuku, Hawaii (Maui County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 45
- RONALD GILBERT STOLTENOWPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS STRYKERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- JAMES OLIVER THOMASSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- GAIL WARD THOMSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
From Wailuku
- GEORGE KUAMOO KAPALULance Corporal · August 21, 1968
- ALEXANDER A KAOPUIKI JRCorporal · August 6, 1969
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.