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JUAN ESQUIVEL CORTEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1947 – January 15, 1969
Service recordJuan Esquivel Cortez, of San Marcos, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 5
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- San Marcos, Texas (Hays County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 5
- JAMES DOUGLAS CAREY JRPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- PETER RICHARD CARROLLLance Corporal · January 15, 1969
- AUSTIN RAY CHENOWETHCorporal · January 15, 1969
- JAN PAUL CHRISTENSENFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE RAMON CANOSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 4
- HAROLD THOMAS DABNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 6
- DENNIS MELVIN FAIRCHILDSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 7
From San Marcos
- GERALD RAY ROBERTSLieutenant Commander · December 2, 1965
- EDWARD RAY GAYTANStaff Sergeant · September 10, 1967
- THOMAS NELSON STILESLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- VINCENTE RAMIREZ GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- RICHARD LOPEZLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JRSergeant · October 10, 1968
- ALLEN WALKER THOMASCorporal · November 8, 1968
- MANUEL GONZALESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH EDMUNDLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- HENRY EDWARD BARBER JRFirst Sergeant · October 23, 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.