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STEVEN EPEFANIO AMESCUA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 15, 1949 – May 15, 1968
Service recordSteven Epefanio Amescua, of Turlock, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Turlock, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 18
- DENNIS KEITH ANDERSONCaptain · May 15, 1968
- LESLIE GEORGE APUTENPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- STANLEY WILLIAM BEHMPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- HOMER B BELL JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
From Turlock
- JOSE A C SILVEIRASergeant · January 2, 1968
- GARY CONVERS PARKINSONHospitalman · March 4, 1968
- ANTHONY JAMES BLEVINSPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL SABOSpecialist Four · October 2, 1968
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.