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GREGORY ALLAN TYNES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 24, 1949 – April 15, 1971
Service recordGregory Allan Tynes, of Opa-Locka, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 127
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Opa-Locka, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1971; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 127
- MANUEL CHICK NAJERA JRSpecialist Four · April 15, 1971
- GEORGE ARTHUR PACHECOStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1971
- JERRY SHELDON STEARNSSergeant · April 15, 1971
- WILLIAM JAMES WARD JRCorporal · April 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LYNN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 125
From Opa-Locka
- LESTER KEYLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- CHARLES J HOFFMANN IIISpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- MATTHEW OWEN MCKNIGHTFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1967
- IAN WILLIAM ADAMITZSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
- WILLIAM MARK ANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- RONALD JAMES RHODESSergeant · March 4, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE PALMERSergeant · March 5, 1969
- JAMES LARRY WALDENCorporal · February 6, 1970
- WILLIAM CLYDE HAGERICHPetty Officer First Class · February 20, 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.