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DANIEL TIENDA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1943 – March 21, 1966
Service recordDaniel Tienda, of Austin, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 36
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 36
- JULIUS JOSEPH VALINT JRLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM GLENN WADELance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BRUCE LAMAR WATKINSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
- WILLIE EARL BUNTEPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
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.