VIETNAM - TAMBURRI, JOHN RICHARD JR

Tamburri, John Richard Jr

VIETNAM - TAMBURRI, JOHN RICHARD JR
TAMBURRI, JOHN RICHARD JR

Rank: Private First Class

Unit: Air Cavalry Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

MOS: 11B – Infantryman

Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge

Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device

Enlisted by: Regular

Date of birth: 3-Dec-1950

Hometown: New York, New York

Marital status: Never Married

Campaign: Vietnam Conflict

Entered service: 12-Mar-1970

Start of tour: 13-Aug-1970

Incident date: 17-Sep-1970

Date of casualty: 17-Sep-1970

Age at death: 19

Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
John Richard Tamburri Jr was killed while on a combat operation when a booby trap detonated. / On search and clear mission.  Detonated hostile booby trap and engaged hostile force in firefight.

Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SSG Walter Wesley Hutton
SP4 Ronald Lester Huxtable
PFC John Richard Tamburri Jr

Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 795 276

Place of interment: Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, New York, USA

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial panel and row: 07W 070 (view Vietnam Veterans Memorial link in a new window)