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VICTOR ARNALDO TAFOYA
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 23, 1951 – June 7, 1970
Service recordVictor Arnaldo Tafoya, of Tooele, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 25
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Tooele, Utah (Tooele County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 25
- MICHAEL CRAIG ROCKEYCorporal · June 7, 1970
- FRANCIS PEDRO VALDEZSpecialist Five · June 7, 1970
- LEONARD CHARLES WARNICKPetty Officer Third Class · June 7, 1970
- KURT MICHAEL WILBRECHTFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD DALE HALLCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 23
From Tooele
- LYNDSEY FRANK FONGERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- REY L DUFFINCaptain · November 17, 1967
- SAMUEL EUGENE WATKINSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- DAN BURGESS YARBROUGHSecond Lieutenant · July 11, 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.