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JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ TELLO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 13, 1948 – May 31, 1969
Service recordJoaquin Rodriguez Tello, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 26
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 26
- JEROME NORMAN DOLLCorporal · May 31, 1969
- RUSSELL EVANSCorporal · May 31, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH FULLERSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- RICHARD FRANCIS GLINIEWICZSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BYRON THOMAS CALKINSSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 25
- JEROME NORMAN DOLLCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 26
- ROBERT JOSEPH FULLERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 26
- PATRICK MICHAEL HAGERTYPrivate · Panel 23W, Line 27
- PRENTISS HARRIS JRSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 27
- MICHAEL FREDERICK HEATHPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 27
- JAMES MICHAEL LEONARDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 28
- SALVADORE INIGUEZ RUIZSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- KENNETH WESLEY SCURRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- WILLIAM JERRY SEWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- RALPH HENRY ZERINGUESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 32
- STEPHEN EDWARD TURZILLISpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 33
- PHILIP GRANT WEIRSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 33
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.