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MIKE ESPINOSA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 11, 1949 – March 10, 1968
Service recordMike Espinosa, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 5
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Sergeant Missile Crewman (15B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- July 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 5
- ARTHUR LEE CHISOLMLance Corporal · March 10, 1968
- SYLVESTER E CONLEY JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN DAFFERMaster Sergeant · March 10, 1968
- RAYMOND ARTHUR DUBBSFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DALE FLOODSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 6
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 1967
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.