Vietnam War
Unit | Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 |
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Rank | Lance Corporal U.S. Marine Corps |
Entered Service From | San Antonio Texas |
Date of Death | September 1 1969 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Lance Corporal Escobedo was a member of the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Attack Group 16, 1st Marine Air Wing. On September 1, 1969, he was a crew member of a Sikorsky Sea Stallion Cargo Helicopter (CH-53A) over Thua Thien, South Vietnam, when the aircraft crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.