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JULIAN ESCOBEDO JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1949 – September 1, 1969
Service recordJulian Escobedo JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 20
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMH 361 MAG 36 1 MAW
- Born
- April 18, 1949
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 18W, Line 20
- LIBERO CHARLES HANDELSergeant · September 1, 1969
- GEORGE DEWEY HUTCHESONSergeant · September 1, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN MARSHLance Corporal · September 1, 1969
- ALBERT CAYRL MCBRIDETechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1969
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.