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EUGENE SANFORD TINNIN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Navy
April 11, 1929 – August 20, 1968
Service recordEugene Sanford Tinnin, of Austin, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 20, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 13
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. Navy
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO-1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cwo (7132)
- Born
- April 11, 1929
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 13
- ROBERT STEPHAN STRAUSSSergeant · August 20, 1968
- FREDERICK HOWARD TAPPANSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- PEDRO ANGEL VERAPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- CLIFFORD C WALKERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.