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CHARLES JOSEPH TIGHE
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
October 25, 1930 – April 23, 1967
Service recordCharles Joseph Tighe, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 25, 1930
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 77
- JOHN WILTON VANDEVENTERFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1967
- GARY MAX WELCHLance Corporal · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.