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EUGENE RICARDO TACTAY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 15, 1934 – October 30, 1966
Service recordEugene Ricardo Tactay JR, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1934
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 131
- LINZA NORRISPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- CHARLES WARREN SMITHSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- JAMES LLOYD WALKERPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- WILMER JAY WILLINGHAMWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 129
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.