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NICHOLAS ESPARZA JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 5, 1948 – April 20, 1969
Service recordNicholas Esparza JR, of Waxahachie, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Waxahachie, Texas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 14
- GEORGE ALLEN HUBBARDSpecialist Four · April 20, 1969
- RUSSELL HAROLD KITCHEN JRPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
- ANGEL M MEDINA-RIVERASergeant First Class · April 20, 1969
- TIBOR SOTAKPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CODAR STATESStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 15
- SULLIVAN WALL WATSONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 16
From Waxahachie
- JODY MAC LANGLEYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1967
- MICHAEL FINNIE BURLESONLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- EDDIE HUGH ALLENPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- ROY LEE HAMMONDSCorporal · January 4, 1970
- SYLVESTER C MARTINEZSergeant · June 15, 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.