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JAMES JOSEPH TEDESCO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1948 – April 1, 1968
Service recordJames Joseph Tedesco, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 37
- HARRY SHERMAN STAYERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD VANDER SCHANSHospitalman · April 1, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE WILSONPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- EDWARD ORLANDO WYNDERPetty Officer Second Class · April 1, 1968
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.