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DONALD WARREN TINNEY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1949 – April 14, 1970
Service recordDonald Warren Tinney JR, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 4
- RONALD DOUGLAS SCHULZSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- WALTER LEE TAYLOR JRSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- JOHN LEE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- WALTER CARL BARTLEY JRSergeant · April 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LEE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 4
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.