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CORBIN CLARK TINDALL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 6, 1942 – April 12, 1969
Service recordCorbin Clark Tindall, of Le Mars, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Le Mars, Iowa (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 64
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · April 12, 1969
- DANNY WILLIAM HOULEPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- CLAUDE THOMAS JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- MARYUS NAPOLEON JONESSergeant First Class · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY STEPHEN DYERPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 63
- RONALD JAMES KILLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 65
- RICHARD KEITH LEMMONPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 65
- LOREN EDWIN WOOD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 69
From Le Mars
- ROGER LEE SCHWARZPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- RODNEY LEE KOERNERCorporal · June 26, 1970
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.