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DAVID FREDERICK TINSEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 4, 1946 – October 2, 1970
Service recordDavid Frederick Tinsey, of Huron, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 108
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Huron, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 108
- MARK ALVAN TAFOYASergeant · October 2, 1970
- KARL WILLIAM TITUSSpecialist Five · October 2, 1970
- JOHN LAWRENCE WAGNERPrivate · October 2, 1970
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM I ALLSBROOK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 105
- BRUCE JACOB STICKELSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 107
- JIMMY WAYNE WESTBROOKSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 109
- JOHN HUTCHINGS WINBORNEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 109
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.