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HERMAN ESTRADA-COSTAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 20, 1941 – December 4, 1965
Service recordHerman Estrada-Costas, of Penuelas, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 123
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Penuelas, Puerto Rico (Penuelas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 123
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- GEORGE ALLEN OVERWEGSpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
From Penuelas
- ROD VELAZQUEZ-FELICIANO JRStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1968
- ANSELMO SANTIAGO-ARROYOPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
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.