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MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1942 – August 7, 1968
Service recordMalcolm Marcellin Esparza, of San Fernando, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1942
- Home of record
- San Fernando, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; nine of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 21
- RICHARD LEE TATUMSergeant · August 6, 1968
- RONALD DAVID WHITLOWPetty Officer Third Class · August 6, 1968
- TERRY LYMAN BALDWINPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LYMAN BALDWINPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 21
- JOSE CELSO DEJESUS-COLONPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 22
- DAVID RAY HOWARDCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 22
- WILLIE FIELDS JRCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 23
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 23
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 25
- NICHOLAS LEE SCHROEDERCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 26
- JOHN RICHARD SHEROKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 26
- BEN WESLEY STEPHENSSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 26
- WILLIAM J THIESFELDT-COLLAZOSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 27
- JAMES EARL TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 27
- WALTER LEE WALLSPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 27
From San Fernando
- JOHN WEGER JRCaptain · October 22, 1965
- VAUN ANDREWSSergeant · October 7, 1967
- ARTHUR BUSTAMANTELance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
- WILLIAM GOODRO REICHSpecialist Four · November 18, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- JAMES STEVEN ROGERSCorporal · September 15, 1969
- RUSSELL EDWARD UPRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · November 14, 1969
- DAVID RIVAS CASTILLOPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- DAVID RAMIREZ MENDOZASpecialist Four · March 26, 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.