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IGNACIO ESCOBAR DURO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1948 – May 1, 1969
Service recordIgnacio Escobar Duro, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 90
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 90
- LARRY RICHARD COLLINSSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- JOSEPH JESUS DELROSARIOStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1969
- MARTIN FRANCIS FOLEYLance Corporal · May 1, 1969
- JOHN FREDERICK HATFIELDPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HENRY BAUERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 89
- GARRY LEE HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 91
- GABRIEL HERNANDEZ MADRIDSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 92
- RANDY DEWITT OLIVERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 92
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 93
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.