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BRIAN EDWARD TIERNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1948 – May 21, 1968
Service recordBrian Edward Tierney, of Roxbury, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Roxbury, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 2
- LEROY SHANNON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- JERRY EUGENE SPICERStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE STARKEYSergeant · May 21, 1968
- GREGORY WAYNE THOMASCorporal · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOUIS HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 15
- DONALD MILLERCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 17
From Roxbury
- WILLIAM F ERICSON IIFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 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.