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TRACY STEPHEN TENHOFF
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 3, 1947 – November 13, 1966
Service recordTracy Stephen Tenhoff, of Austin, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 13, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 69
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Austin, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 69
- JUAN TORRESLance Corporal · November 13, 1966
- JAMES DANIEL TYNERSergeant · November 13, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- RALPH O WATTSSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
From Austin
- JERRY IRVEN HELLANDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1966
- THEODORE RUSSELL NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · February 5, 1968
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- DENNIS CLARENCE JERDETPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- ELMER EUGENE FREESECorporal · November 23, 1968
- JAN PAUL CHRISTENSENFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · June 3, 1969
- JEAN ARTHUR KEARBYLieutenant Colonel · June 23, 1969
- PHILIP OWEN RICHARDSONSergeant · August 12, 1969
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.