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RAFAEL GABRIEL TENORIO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 31, 1948 – June 26, 1969
Service recordRafael Gabriel Tenorio, of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Rosa, New Mexico (Guadalupe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 20
- JOHN THOMAS RYANSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
- JAMES EVERRTTE SHORTLance Corporal · June 26, 1969
- ROGER LEE SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1969
- RICHARD PAUL SPEAKMAN JRCorporal · June 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JOHN MARINELLISpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 18
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.