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JUANITO MAIQUEZ ESCANO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1944 – May 21, 1970
Service recordJuanito Maiquez Escano, of Agana, Guam, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Agana, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 74
- LEON NELSON BOBOSpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- DONALD GENE BUSSESpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- PATRICK FRANCIS CAWLEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 21, 1970
- ROBERT PAUL COTESergeant · May 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD THOMAS HIGDONCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 75
- LARRY JAMES KIRKLANDSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 76
From Agana
- HENRY PANGELINAN PEREDASergeant · April 24, 1966
- PRISHARDO JOSE T TORRESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- PEDRO AFLAGUE CRUZStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1967
- ALLAN JAMES DAMIANLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- TOMAS GARCIA REYESStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT L G MENDIOLASpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- HERMAN BORJA DELEONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- FREDERICO V DELA-CRUZCorporal · August 20, 1969
- RAFAEL SALAS SANTOSStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- PEDRO CABRERA PANGELINANStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1971
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.