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JESUS ESCAGEDA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1948 – December 2, 1968
Service recordJesus Escageda, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 21
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 21
- THOMAS WAYNE BLAKESLEESergeant · December 2, 1968
- EARL THOMAS BROOKEHospitalman · December 2, 1968
- JONATHAN BROWNCorporal · December 2, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS BURTONSpecialist Four · December 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT KEITH ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 22
- THOMAS W ROWLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 24
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.