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ARMANDO TESILLO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1946 – January 31, 1966
Service recordArmando Tesillo, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 126
- DAN ROGERS SHEARINSergeant · January 31, 1966
- JACK THOMAS JRSergeant · January 31, 1966
- TERRY LEE WELLERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1966
- GENRETT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAN ROGERS SHEARINSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 126
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.