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JERRY DUANE ESTES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 18, 1945 – February 6, 1966
Service recordJerry Duane Estes, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 6
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY LEE HAYESPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- PHILLIP R LOONEYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
- FRANKLIN DAVID ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
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.