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TULELE MISA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1949 – June 3, 1969
Service recordTulele Misa, of Gardena, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 55
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Gardena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 55
- HENRY MCCLENTONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
- GERARD MCGRADEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORESpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- LONNIE DEAN MOORECorporal · June 3, 1969
From Gardena
- ERVELL MADRID GUEVARAPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ERNEST DUKEHARTPrivate · December 23, 1966
- JIMMIE CARTER MARTINPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- BERNARDINO GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD LINDERSergeant · May 16, 1967
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KEPPLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1967
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- RICKEY EUGENE APPLEBYLance Corporal · March 9, 1968
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.