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FREDDIE ESTERS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1947 – July 6, 1967
Service recordFreddie Esters, of Bluefield, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 18
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Bluefield, West Virginia (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 18
- ROLAND DENNIS DUMONDPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- VERNE MILTON GREELEYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- WAYNE MICHAEL HAYESFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1967
- JOHN KENNETH HELTONSergeant · July 6, 1967
From Bluefield
- EDWARD LARRY STEWARTSergeant · October 12, 1965
- CARL L MUNSEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- GEORGE WASHINGTON FROESpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JAMES FREEMAN HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1967
- EDWARD JUNIOR SIMONSCorporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES RODNEY MORRISLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
- THOMAS BARRY CHRISTIANLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
- CHARLES DEAN PLUMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 14, 1968
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.