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ANDREW JESENEK TELLIS
Captain · U.S. Army
December 9, 1941 – January 7, 1968
Service recordAndrew Jesenek Tellis, of Winnetka, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Winnetka, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 76
- ROBERT STEVEN TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM VADENSergeant · January 7, 1968
- DANNY RAY VANCELance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- LAWRENCE RICHARD WALTONLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LLOYD CLEEMSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 65
- RENE GUERRA-HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 67
- ROGER DALE LEDBETTERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 70
- JAMES J MORASpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 73
- PHILIP EDWARD RUMINSKI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 74
- WILLIAM GEORGE SCHRAMMSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 75
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 77
From Winnetka
- CHARLES LAWRENCE RICHTMYRESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- DONALD DEAN PERKINS JRFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- WILLIAM F BENOIST IIISpecialist Four · September 2, 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.