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NOE TAMEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 25, 1948 – June 17, 1969
Service recordNoe Tamez, of Edinburg, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Edinburg, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 70
- WILLIAM MARVIN STONE JRLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- WAYNE ROY THOMASLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- EVANS JEROME THORNTONSergeant · June 17, 1969
- JOHN BRENT THURNHAMSergeant · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY RAY BAKERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 62
From Edinburg
- HOMERO ELIUD TIJERINALance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- TEODORO DAVILAStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JOSE MANUEL GOMEZLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- VICTORIANO ESPINOZA JRPrivate · January 9, 1968
- ALFREDO GONZALEZSergeant · February 4, 1968
- NOLAN LESTER SIMMONSLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- RAFAEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- FLORENTINO MARTINEZ JRCorporal · November 25, 1968
- JUAN LEONARDO CONTRERASPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- JAIME ARTURO SALINASLance Corporal · July 23, 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.