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VICENTE T ESPINOSA
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1946 – March 27, 1969
Service recordVicente T Espinosa, of Merizo, Guam, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Merizo, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 59
- RAYMOND GEORGE CZERWIECStaff Sergeant · March 27, 1969
- JOSEPH JAMES DOBYNESSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- THOMAS WYATT DURHAMPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- ROBERT DILLON EVANSPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
From Merizo
- JOSEPH AGUIGUI CRUZPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- BENNY SAN NICOLAS FLORESSergeant · May 17, 1966
- ALBERT BARCINAS DOYLESergeant · January 21, 1967
- JOAQUIN PALACIOS CABRERAStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1967
- FERNANDO BARCINAS ESTEVESSergeant · February 15, 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.