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JOHN MILTON EKSTADT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 17, 1946 – November 25, 1967
Service recordJohn Milton Ekstadt, of Bruce Crossing, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 84
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Still Photographic Specialist (84B)
- Born
- November 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Bruce Crossing, Michigan (Ontonagon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 84
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- JOHN A GIBSONCorporal · November 25, 1967
- ROBERT E HACKETTStaff Sergeant · November 25, 1967
- ARTHUR JAMES HENSINGERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1967
From Bruce Crossing
- QUENTIN WAYNE BINDERSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.