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FRANK LEROY TAFOYA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 18, 1948 – November 22, 1967
Service recordFrank Leroy Tafoya, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 67
- STEPHEN SCOTT SMITHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- STEPHEN NEIL THOMASPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD TRAVIS JRCorporal · November 22, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEVESTER GRIFFINPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 62
- ERHARDT WILLIAM MATHIESENSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 63
- MCELREE MAYS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 63
- JOHN ALAN MACDONALDSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 64
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 64
- GEORGE OSBORNE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 64
- TUNIS E RAPPLEYEA JRSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 65
- CHARLES G ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 66
- JAMES PAUL SAURINISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 66
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 66
- STEPHEN SCOTT SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 67
- STEPHEN NEIL THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 67
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.