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MARK ALVAN TAFOYA
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 30, 1950 – October 2, 1970
Service recordMark Alvan Tafoya, of Belen, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 108
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- April 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Belen, New Mexico (Valencia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 108
- DAVID FREDERICK TINSEYSergeant · October 2, 1970
- KARL WILLIAM TITUSSpecialist Five · October 2, 1970
- JOHN LAWRENCE WAGNERPrivate · October 2, 1970
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
From Belen
- MICHAEL LEON LOVATOPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- LUPERTO GARCIALance Corporal · June 27, 1968
- HILARIO MORENOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- EDDIE ANTHONY MARTINEZ JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- JOHN STANTON WILSONCaptain · February 23, 1969
- EDDIE LEONARD GARCIAPrivate · June 30, 1969
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.