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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Estill R McIntosh.

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ESTILL R MCINTOSH

Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army

March 24, 1939 – May 10, 1970

Service record

Estill R McIntosh, of Booneville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1970, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10W · Line 15

Position of Panel 10W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant First Class (SFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
MACV ADVISORS
Born
March 24, 1939
Home of record
Booneville, Kentucky (Owsley County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 10, 1970
Age
31
Province
Darlac
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

30 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 10W, Line 15

From Booneville

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.