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EMIL JEROME TADEVICH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1941 – December 31, 1965
Service recordEmil Jerome Tadevich, of Waltham, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 31, 1965, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 47
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Waltham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1965; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 47
- ROBERT MICHAEL SWEENEYMajor · December 31, 1965
- LOUIS BELL TWINN SRSergeant First Class · December 31, 1965
- ALVIN RICHARD WOODS JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1965
- CHARLES RICHARD ALLENLance Corporal · January 1, 1966
From Waltham
- THOMAS EDWARD ONEILL JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- THOMAS FRANCIS JACKSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN MILLER SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH PAUL RANDOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW DUPEREPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE RICHARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · November 29, 1967
- REGINALD JOSEPH GAUTREAULance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- PAUL CHESTER KING JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- MICHAEL MURPHYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- KENNETH FREDERICK MOORESPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
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.