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JAMES HOWARD ESTERGREN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 28, 1942 – May 12, 1967
Service recordJames Howard Estergren, of Cardiff, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Cardiff, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 25
- 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 12, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 94
- PAUL RICHARD EDINGTONLance Corporal · May 12, 1967
- GARY ALLAN FARLOWLance Corporal · May 12, 1967
- RUSSELL THOMAS FORDPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- DAVID LEE GALELance Corporal · May 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALAN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 97
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.