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JOHN WERNER TIDERENCEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1947 – April 23, 1969
Service recordJohn Werner Tiderencel, of Broderick, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 36
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Broderick, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 36
- DONALD EDWARD ROSSSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- ARNOLD SANFORDCaptain · April 23, 1969
- JOHN RANDALL SPEARSergeant · April 23, 1969
- CHARLES DEVEAUX TANNEHILLSergeant · April 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OTTO PHILIP BARNHARTSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 29
- HENRY WATERS CARDWELLSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 30
- JULIAN DEAN DEDMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 31
- JAMES PHILLIP HEIMSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 32
- JOHN FRANCIS KOEHLERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 32
- GARY PRESTON NEIMANSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 34
- WILLIAM FRANK ROCCOSergeant First Class · Panel 26W, Line 35
From Broderick
- CHARLES ALEX COATSLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
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.