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FELIX ESPARZA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1947 – May 17, 1966
Service recordFelix Esparza JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 70
- DANNY DAVID DYESpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- RONALD LEE ECKERTPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WALTER FELTONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- BENNY SAN NICOLAS FLORESSergeant · May 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTIS WESLEY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 66
- RICHARD WILLIAM BULLOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 68
- WALTER L BURROUGHSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 68
- TONY DEDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 69
- KENNETH EUGENE DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 69
- ALLEN MORGAN GARRETTPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 71
- EDWARD HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 71
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 71
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 74
- WILLIAM E WALTERSSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 77
- JIMMY LAVERNE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 78
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.