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RICHARD MEDINA ESCALERA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – December 31, 1970
Service recordRichard Medina Escalera, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Laboratory Specialist (92B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 16
- ROY LEE CHANEYPrivate First Class · December 31, 1970
- RICHARD EUGENE DODDSergeant First Class · December 31, 1970
- JERRY BAXTER EDMONDS JRPetty Officer Second Class · December 31, 1970
- PETE ELLIS WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · December 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEROY ERNEST HALBERT JRSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 17
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.