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SAM TENORIO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1948 – November 28, 1967
Service recordSam Tenorio, of Encino, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Encino, New Mexico (Torrance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 2
- HILLARD EVANS WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- EDWARD FRANCIS ZACKOWSKISergeant · November 28, 1967
- DWIGHT FARWELL BENNETT JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- RODERICK WAYNE BREAULTCorporal · November 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL AUSTIN LEONARDPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 101
- DON N MAYHUESpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 101
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.