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MICHAEL JOHN TESSARO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 6, 1946 – January 9, 1969
Service recordMichael John Tessaro, of Edwardsville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 61
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Edwardsville, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 61
- KEVIN OBRIENMajor · January 9, 1969
- BENNY RAY PRESTWOODLance Corporal · January 9, 1969
- WILLIAM MILLER RIDDLESpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- RICHARD CHARLES SEESpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
From Edwardsville
- DONALD WAYNE BORNMANSergeant · January 5, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD ROHRKASTEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- SHERLIN ANDREW HEIMANPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- RONALD DALE KELLERCorporal · May 10, 1969
- GERALD EDWARD HENRYLance Corporal · May 12, 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.