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GUILLERMO ESTRADA
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 8, 1943 – December 31, 1967
Service recordGuillermo Estrada, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 8
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- HENRY MAURICE STAFFO HALEPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- ROBERT J HALLETTSergeant First Class · December 31, 1967
- WILLIAM DELBERT HOLLANDPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.