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RICHARD RAMIREZ TESORO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1947 – March 15, 1968
Service recordRichard Ramirez Tesoro, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 62
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
- Medical Supply Specialist (76J)
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 62
- PATRICK ALAN SHUTTERSFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- ROBERT SMEALSergeant · March 15, 1968
- LARRY JOEL TAGGARTPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
- CHARLES SUMNER WALSHPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.