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JOSE ANTONIO TINAJERO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1947 – December 21, 1967
Service recordJose Antonio Tinajero, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 36
- RICHARD JOSEPH JANSKIPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN KASKEPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- CARROL GENE KEEHNERLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY KENNEDYPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.