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JOSE ESCAMILLA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1938 – February 10, 1966
Service recordJose Escamilla, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1938
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 22
- GARY DOUGLAS HOPPSLieutenant · February 10, 1966
- ALVIN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- RUSSELL PALMER HUNTER JRLieutenant Colonel · February 10, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT SOARES ANDRADEStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 21
- ALVIN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 22
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 23
- TEOFILO CASTILLO PIMENTELSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 23
- KERMIT HAROLD YOHOSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 24
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.