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JOHN RICHARD TAMBURRI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1950 – September 17, 1970
Service recordJohn Richard Tamburri JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 3, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 70
- MARK THOMAS HEAVRINSergeant · September 17, 1970
- WALTER WESLEY HUTTONStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1970
- RONALD LESTER HUXTABLESpecialist Four · September 17, 1970
- JAMES LARRY STRONGPrivate First Class · September 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WALTER WESLEY HUTTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 70
- RONALD LESTER HUXTABLESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 70
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.