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JAMES EDWARD TIGHE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 27, 1950 – May 21, 1971
Service recordJames Edward Tighe, of Randolph, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 47
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Randolph, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1971; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1971, 202 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 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 47
- STEVEN MICHAEL MITCHELLSpecialist Five · May 21, 1971
- JOHN HENRY NAJMOLASpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
- LEO CLARK OATMANStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1971
- JEROME ANDREW OLSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD BODDIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 43
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN BIGLEYPrivate · Panel 3W, Line 44
- DAVID BENJAMIN MATYKIEWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 46
From Randolph
- EDWARD JOHN SCAHILLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL CARTWRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- PHILIP T DELORENZO JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- AMBROSE P TANASSO JRPrivate First Class · December 24, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL MARSDENCorporal · January 20, 1971
- WILLIAM JAMES FLOOD JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1971
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.