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RICHARD ALLEN ESTRADA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1947 – April 13, 1968
Service recordRichard Allen Estrada, of Bridgeport, Nebraska, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 45
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Nebraska (Morrill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 45
- DONALD LEWIS MANSFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- GERALD CRAWFORD MULLPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD NELSONSergeant · April 13, 1968
- JAMES LEONARD PARKER JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 40
- GERALD CRAWFORD MULLPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 45
- JOHN EDWARD NELSONSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 45
- RICHARD PEGUEROCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 46
- WAYNE A RHODESPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 47
- STANLEY SPIKESSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 48
- DENNIS JAMES YETMARPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 50
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.