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TAGIPO VAOGA TAUALA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1945 – February 15, 1971
Service recordTagipo Vaoga Tauala, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 109
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 109
- KENNETH M STEINKIRCHNERSergeant · February 15, 1971
- YOSHIO TAKEHARASergeant First Class · February 15, 1971
- JAMES HARRY TAYLORSecond Lieutenant · February 15, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK THOMPSONSpecialist Five · February 15, 1971
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.