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VICTORIANO ESPINOZA JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 4, 1946 – January 9, 1968
Service recordVictoriano Espinoza JR, of Edinburg, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Edinburg, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 6
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- THOMAS JOLLEY DEANSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- BURLEY DEAN EZELLSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- JACKY LEROY GARRETTStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
From Edinburg
- HOMERO ELIUD TIJERINALance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- TEODORO DAVILAStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JOSE MANUEL GOMEZLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- ALFREDO GONZALEZSergeant · February 4, 1968
- NOLAN LESTER SIMMONSLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- RAFAEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- FLORENTINO MARTINEZ JRCorporal · November 25, 1968
- JUAN LEONARDO CONTRERASPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- NOE TAMEZSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- JAIME ARTURO SALINASLance Corporal · July 23, 1969
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.