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TRISTAL MACIAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 9, 1948 – May 29, 1968
Service recordTristal Macias, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 9
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 9, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 9
- CLIFFORD B MARTIN JRHospitalman · May 29, 1968
- HAROLD MASON JRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSHUA MOSESLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- JOAQUIN NERIS-APONTEStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RANDEL HUFFCorporal · Panel 63W, Line 7
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.