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HENRY CARLOS TISDALE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 19, 1947 – April 21, 1966
Service recordHenry Carlos Tisdale, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 127
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- DANIEL LOUIS PAUL SAUVEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
From Tuscaloosa
- RONALD LYNN GUYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAYNEMaster Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY C ABRAMS JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
- JERRY FRANKS HOGANLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR CRAINSergeant First Class · March 15, 1967
- MICHAEL GEAN RUSHINGCorporal · May 29, 1967
- HENRY LEON LITTLECorporal · June 15, 1967
- BENJAMIN F ROBERTSON JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- THOMAS CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD PURSERMajor · February 23, 1968
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.