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JOSEPH DAVID ESPARZA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1946 – May 28, 1971
Service recordJoseph David Esparza, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 57
- ROBERT LEE BROWNSpecialist Five · May 28, 1971
- STEPHEN CHAVIRASpecialist Five · May 28, 1971
- DONALD ROBERT MATHISSergeant · May 28, 1971
- PAUL DEAN URQUHARTCaptain · May 28, 1971
From Santa Monica
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1967
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.