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HOMERO ELIUD TIJERINA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1946 – July 4, 1966
Service recordHomero Eliud Tijerina, of Edinburg, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 131
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Edinburg, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 131
- GLENN EUGENE SPRATLEYCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DANIEL WAYNE STUTLERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- RAYMOND WIDMANNLance Corporal · July 4, 1966
From Edinburg
- TEODORO DAVILAStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JOSE MANUEL GOMEZLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- VICTORIANO ESPINOZA JRPrivate · January 9, 1968
- ALFREDO GONZALEZSergeant · February 4, 1968
- NOLAN LESTER SIMMONSLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- RAFAEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- FLORENTINO MARTINEZ JRCorporal · November 25, 1968
- JUAN LEONARDO CONTRERASPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- NOE TAMEZSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- JAIME ARTURO SALINASLance Corporal · July 23, 1969
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.