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MAXIMINO ESTRADA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1950 – March 25, 1971
Service recordMaximino Estrada, of Chico, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 76
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
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Chico, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 76
- CHRIS BROWN JRSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- EDWIN GERALD CALHOUNSergeant · March 25, 1971
- DOYLE FOSTERSergeant First Class · March 25, 1971
- GARY GEORGE GEIGERSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
From Chico
- JOHN ROBERT ADAMSSergeant First Class · November 8, 1967
- FLOYD WAYNE STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1967
- GARY RALPH SCHWELLENBACHCorporal · December 27, 1967
- MICHAEL FREDERICK WALKERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ALLAN DEAN MASTELLERSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- GARY DENNIS HOLTONSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- TODD LOUIS WOODSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- HARRY DANIEL SARAKOVPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS TALKENLieutenant Commander · August 2, 1969
- ROY VERNON RAWLINSergeant · August 11, 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.