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JIMMY JOE TESSADRI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 14, 1947 – March 25, 1968
Service recordJimmy Joe Tessadri, of Salida, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Salida, Colorado (Chaffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 25
- FLOYD NICKOLAS THOMANSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- HERBERT F WELTZ JRSpecialist Five · March 25, 1968
- BROADUS ALFRED WHITTPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH WIEDEMANNSpecialist Five · March 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS ARCHER BARNESSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 13
- LLOYD ARTHUR COLFACKPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 15
- EUGENE JEROME CURLESS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 15
- DAVID EUGENE DEWITTSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 16
- LARRY MARSHALL GRONEWOLDPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 16
- TRACY WALLACE HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 17
- JOHN LAWRENCE HIGGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 18
- ROY L JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 18
- MONTE CLIFFORD KINASZPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 19
- JAMES ELDON MOOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 21
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE PFEUFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 22
- WILLIAM LEE RAYPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 22
From Salida
- ALBERTO A LUCEROSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- WALDEMAR D SHOWALTERSpecialist Four · June 29, 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.