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FRANK TAFOYA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – May 15, 1967
Service recordFrank Tafoya, of Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 4
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico (Sandoval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 4
- MARVIN JOHN SINKLERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JAMES DENNIS WESTLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- SAMUEL R ALLENStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1967
- FLOYD LEHMAN AMOSSergeant · May 16, 1967
From Jemez Pueblo
- GEORGE LEONARD FRAGUAPrivate First Class · December 25, 1966
- THOMAS AMBROSE TOLEDOSpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
- ANTONIO TONY TOSAPrivate · August 17, 1971
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.