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JUAN ESPINOSA
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 7, 1950 – March 15, 1971
Service recordJuan Espinosa, of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 49
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Yabucoa, Puerto Rico (Yabucoa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 49
- RAYMOND JAMES GEORGEChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 15, 1971
- RICHARD ELLIOTT HARLANSecond Lieutenant · March 15, 1971
- SAMUEL MORGAN HARRELLFirst Sergeant · March 15, 1971
- PHILIP ROBERT JAMROCKSpecialist Five · March 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ELAM JRSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 48
- JAMES CARLTON MULLINAX JRSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 51
From Yabucoa
- JUAN F GARCIA-FIGUEROALance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN MONTESCorporal · September 6, 1968
- PEDRO RODRIGUEZ-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
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.