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JUAN VARGAS ESTRADA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1948 – January 16, 1969
Service recordJuan Vargas Estrada, of Eagle Pass, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Eagle Pass, Texas (Maverick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- 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
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 14
- ROBERT DALE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · January 16, 1969
- JOHN CLAUD DEATONSpecialist Five · January 16, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT DEWSpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
- RICHARD LEE DIXONSpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
From Eagle Pass
- MATIAS T RODRIGUEZ JRPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- BALTAZAR A MALDONADOPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- PABLO RENE GONZALEZLance Corporal · July 18, 1967
- RAMIRO HERRERA JRSpecialist Four · September 22, 1967
- ADRIAN LOUIS LYNN JRStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1967
- ERASMO PALOSLance Corporal · March 31, 1968
- RAMIRO FROLIAN OLIVOCorporal · May 9, 1968
- DAVID GARZAPrivate First Class · November 19, 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.