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ADOLPHUS NORWOOD TYLER
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1922 – August 21, 1969
Service recordAdolphus Norwood Tyler, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 90
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Senior Supply/Service Sergeant (76Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1922
- Home of record
- Gaithersburg, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 90
- WILLARD D RICHARDSON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 21, 1969
- JOE CARL SHAWCaptain · August 21, 1969
- AOULIULITAU FAITUPE TAUFILance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- RAY MILTON BARKERPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
From Gaithersburg
- CHARLES RICHARD DALESergeant · February 23, 1966
- JAMES W PRATHERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- WILLIAM J CHRISTMAN IIISecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1969
- CLAYTON EUGENE FRALEYPrivate · March 6, 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.