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CURTIS RAY TARKINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1946 – October 6, 1965
Service recordCurtis Ray Tarkington, of Scottsdale, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Scottsdale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 110
- JAMES NEWTON HOLBROOKPlatoon Sergeant · October 6, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- HECTOR LOPEZPrivate · October 6, 1965
Same unit, same day
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 110
From Scottsdale
- WILLIAM CHARLES TOTHPrivate First Class · October 27, 1964
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCEFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1966
- LEONARD ARVIN ENOSSpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- ELGAN LEROY MOOREStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- DAVID JOHN MONCAVAGEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- GREGG R FOURMENTINPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DONALD RAY HANNACorporal · April 25, 1968
- JACK DAVID CARTERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- LOWELL STEPHEN POWERSChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 2, 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.