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JEAN CLAUDE T E ESNAULT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1943 – December 14, 1963
Service recordJean Claude T E Esnault, of Elmhurst, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1963, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Elmhurst, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1963
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1963. In December 1963, 23 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 38
- JAMES HERBERT ALLREDMajor · December 14, 1963
- TERRANCE LEE LOVENGUTHPrivate First Class · December 14, 1963
- LLOYD ADRIAN PAYNECaptain · December 15, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
From Elmhurst
- IRWIN LEWIS HOFFMANTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- CARLOS UGARTEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- EDUARDO PAUL BRANESSpecialist Four · April 20, 1967
- DAVID BRUCE TUCKERMajor · October 1, 1967
- JEFFREY PEREZSergeant · January 10, 1968
- BRUCE LEVYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- ULDIS JACK MALMANISCorporal · October 9, 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.