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RICARDO ROBERT TEJANO
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 24, 1943 – June 5, 1968
Service recordRicardo Robert Tejano, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 22
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 22
- MICHAEL WAYNE SIMONLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- DAVID ALAN STOKESCorporal · June 5, 1968
- DENNIS LEE SUTTONStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1968
- RICHARD LARRY VINESSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS OWEN AKERSSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 14
- RICHARD LARRY VINESSpecialist Five · Panel 60W, Line 22
- NORMAN MICHAEL TURONEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 60W, Line 23
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.