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NEDWARD CLYDE ESTES JR
Fireman · U.S. Navy
December 26, 1948 – January 16, 1970
Service recordNedward Clyde Estes JR, of Hiram, Georgia, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 16, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 38
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- December 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Hiram, Georgia (Paulding County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 38
- RONALD JAMES FUITEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1970
- PAUL LAROY BINDERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
- JAMES DOUGLAS CONNFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1970
- KEITH BERNELL LACKEYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
- ROBERT MARC MILDNERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
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.