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DAVID MILTON TESH
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 5, 1929 – July 19, 1970
Service recordDavid Milton Tesh, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 33
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tracked Vehicle Maintenance Officer (2010)
- Born
- April 5, 1929
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1970
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 33
- RUSSELL ALLEN ROWEChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 19, 1970
- ELROY SIMMONSSergeant First Class · July 19, 1970
- THOMAS EARL VAILSpecialist Four · July 19, 1970
- ROBERT LEE ARGENTICorporal · July 20, 1970
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 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.