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AUSTIN TEETH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 7, 1947 – April 28, 1969
Service recordAustin Teeth, of Lame Deer, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 75
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Lame Deer, Montana (Rosebud County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 75
- PETER MICHAEL STENGEMSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- DANIEL WELSHSergeant · April 28, 1969
- PHILLIP W WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- RONALD KELLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
From Lame Deer
- WALTER NORVEL LOCHERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
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.