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EARL KENNETH TYNES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1938 – May 29, 1966
Service recordEarl Kenneth Tynes, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 27, 1938
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 123
- JAMES HERBERT STEWART JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- SYLVESTER SWINFORD JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- JEFFREY GORDON TYNEPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD WALKERLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 120
- ROLAND ANDRE PROVENCALPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 121
- WILBUR RAY LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 122
- WALTER JUNIOR SALLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 122
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
- ALLEN DE-NICOLAStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1967
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.