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JOHNNY RAYMOND ESQUIERDO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 8, 1944 – September 25, 1969
Service recordJohnny Raymond Esquierdo, of Lubbock, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 6
- WALTER LEROY SMILESSpecialist Five · September 24, 1969
- LESLIE WAYNE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · September 24, 1969
- JAMES BERNARD WOODS JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- LOWRY TAYLOR CUTHBERTSergeant · September 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM LUPUSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 7
From Lubbock
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JACK ALBERT BERRYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOE LOVATO JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD WAYNE FIESZELLieutenant Colonel · September 30, 1968
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · October 27, 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.