Refugio Thomas Teran, age 20, from Westland, Michigan, Wayne county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, May 6, 1970
Death details: On August 29, 2001, Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Staff Sergeant Refugio Thomas Teran, missing from the Vietnam War. Staff Sergeant Teran entered the U.S. Army from Michigan and was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. On May 6, 1970, he took part in the defense of Fire Support Base Henderson in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, against enemy attack. He was killed in the engagement and his body was not recovered at the time of his loss. In 1996, the Vietnamese government repatriated a set of remains that U.S. analysts eventually identified as those of SSG Teran.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency