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ETHER ARNOLD TINKUM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – September 15, 1968
Service recordEther Arnold Tinkum, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 67
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 67
- LOUIS J COFRANCESCO JRCorporal · September 15, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY STAHLPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- VINCENT JOSEPH WARGO JRCorporal · September 15, 1968
- BRADLEY KEITH WATTSPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DOUGLAS ARNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 61
- JUAN RAMON FELIX-TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 62
- DAVID ALLEN FORSYTHESpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 63
- ROBERT HERALDPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 64
- JERRY LYNN POEPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 66
- THOMAS MEAKIN WHELIHANSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 1
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.