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ESTEL HUSKEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1947 – May 4, 1966
Service recordEstel Huskey, of Sevierville, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 25
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 4 MAR
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Sevierville, Tennessee (Sevier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 25
- JOSEPH EMILE BRUNELLELance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- RUSSELL LEE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- J D HARRELLMaster Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- MELVIN ELLSWORTH HARTPrivate · May 4, 1966
- GENE HAWTHORNEStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
From Sevierville
- ALTON LEE HORNBUCKLEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1965
- CARROLL DAVID ABBOTTSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- RANDY RALPH COGDILLPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- HARRY GAINES HODGESConstructionman · January 14, 1968
- JERRY MCCARTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- DANNIE ARTHUR CARRSpecialist Four · July 3, 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.