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HERIBERTO MARRERO-ESTRADA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 16, 1949 – May 23, 1969
Service recordHeriberto Marrero-Estrada, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 87
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 87
- LOUIS BRUNSONStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- RUDOLPH GEORGE MACHATAStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- AUBREY REID MAYSPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- GENE LAMAR WAREPetty Officer Second Class · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BOESECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 81
- DOUGLAS ROY MATHESONSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 82
- JOSE M GALARZA-QUINONESCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 83
- VAUGHN ONEIL HALLCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 84
- ROY C NEWSOMESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 88
- ROBERT JOHN RANDALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 89
- DAVID SETH ROSSSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 89
- KENNETH DUANE SHOAPSSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 90
- DOUGLAS JOHN SOMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 90
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.