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JESUS GUTIERREZ ESCOBAR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 16, 1944 – June 25, 1968
Service recordJesus Gutierrez Escobar, of Wilmington, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 34
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
- Shore Party Specialist (1381)
- Born
- June 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Wilmington, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 34
- OTHA DOUGLAS GIBSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL GOLDENSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- JIMMY RIED HARRIESFireman · June 25, 1968
- DAVID R HOFFMANWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1968
From Wilmington
- ANTONIO DUARTE PADILLACorporal · August 21, 1965
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
- RUDOLPH ALGAR NUNEZSergeant · June 13, 1966
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · November 4, 1967
- DONALD MORGAN KROTZERPrivate · November 25, 1967
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- JAVIER PUENTES FIGUEROACorporal · January 28, 1968
- MASON OPHELIA FOLMARSpecialist Six · November 14, 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.