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IGNACIO ESPINOSA SABLAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 15, 1940 – August 3, 1967
Service recordIgnacio Espinosa Sablan, of Santa Rita, Guam, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 75
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Electrician (1141)
- Born
- December 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Santa Rita, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 75
- EDWIN FRANCIS UPRIGHTSergeant · August 3, 1967
- DAVID LLOYD WIGHTMAN IIISpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- JOHN DUDLEY WILEYCaptain · August 3, 1967
- JACK WOLPELance Corporal · August 3, 1967
From Santa Rita
- ENRIQUE SALAS CRUZStaff Sergeant · February 27, 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.