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FRANK DANIEL TINSLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1951 – November 24, 1970
Service recordFrank Daniel Tinsley, of Brevard, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 82
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Brevard, North Carolina (Transylvania County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 82
- NORMAN FRED PALEYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1970
- ROBERT DALE PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 1970
- SAMUEL RYOICHI SAITOChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 1970
- WILLARD GENE STORIEChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 1970
From Brevard
- REGINALD WAYNE LYNCHPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- VERRELL DANIEL STILESCorporal · March 28, 1967
- LANE ABERHAM TILSONPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- VICTOR GARNETT MCCALLPetty Officer Second Class · February 22, 1969
- MILTON GOLDSMITHCorporal · March 2, 1970
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.