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DANIEL TELLEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 2, 1950 – December 11, 1968
Service recordDaniel Tellez, of Kingsville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 8
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
- January 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Kingsville, Texas (Kleberg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 8
- ROBERT TEASLEYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- GREGORIO TREVINO JRPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- DONALD KEITH VADAKINSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- EUGENE WALTERSSergeant · December 11, 1968
From Kingsville
- HENRY C LEEStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1967
- JESUS RAMON PEREZPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- ANTONIO VARGAS GARCIASergeant · August 10, 1968
- WAYNE CLARENCE ELLEDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- HARRY W WICKERSHAM JRFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1968
- ALBERTO GUTIERREZ CORTEZPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- NORMAN DWANE AUTENChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 18, 1969
- RAMON MOYA JRSergeant · May 12, 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.