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JAMES ALBERT TUELLER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 3, 1949 – December 23, 1968
Service recordJames Albert Tueller, of Midvale, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 23, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 71
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Midvale, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 71
- JAMES U WILLIAMS IIIPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- DENNIS ALLEN BORLANDCorporal · December 24, 1968
- LEE MURRAY BROOKSSpecialist Four · December 24, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD BROWNLEEColonel · December 24, 1968
From Midvale
- JOHN JAMES MARTINEZLance Corporal · November 23, 1967
- TOM GONZALES JRSergeant · December 7, 1967
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.