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WARREN GAMBIEL TEDRICK JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1947 – March 7, 1968
Service recordWarren Gambiel Tedrick JR, of Tempe, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Tempe, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 49
- LOWELL TODD PETERSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE TISDALECorporal · March 7, 1968
- HARRY KENNETH VAUGHANCorporal · March 7, 1968
- ESAU WHITEHEAD JRCorporal · March 7, 1968
From Tempe
- RAMON DESCHAMPSPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- FRANCISCO PERAZA CHAIRASpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL BENTONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JESSIE YUTZE GOMEZSergeant · December 17, 1966
- LEIGH WALLACE HUNTLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- CHARLES MCRAE HARDYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- BUCK EDWARD ALBRIGHTLance Corporal · May 23, 1969
- ANTHONY H FIGUEROA JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- BRUCE LYNN HANKINSSpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
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.