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JAMES RICHARD TEFFS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1947 – September 22, 1970
Service recordJames Richard Teffs, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 22, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 85
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
- Aircraft Electrical Systems Technician, Transport And Helicopter (6242)
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 85
- STEVEN FREDERICK JINDRICHSpecialist Four · September 22, 1970
- CALVIN RUSSELL SEGARPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- FREDERICK JOSEPH SMITHLance Corporal · September 22, 1970
- HIRAM EURIAS EDENTON JRCorporal · September 23, 1970
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.