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HENRY LEROY TEJADA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1949 – October 19, 1968
Service recordHenry Leroy Tejada, of Las Vegas, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, New Mexico (San Miguel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 5
- STEPHEN JOHN SALUGA IIISpecialist Five · October 19, 1968
- CHARLES FRANKLIN STRAFELLOPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- PETER GARLAND THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- RAYMOND CLARENCE WALDROPPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
From Las Vegas
- GEORGE W ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- LARRY DOUGLAS HOLLEYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOSEPH ARCHULETASpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- JOSE BENJAMIN HERRERASpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RANDALL EARLChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 27, 1969
- JERRY FLORESSpecialist Five · March 6, 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.