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JAMES ESTILL TANKERSLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1949 – May 10, 1969
Service recordJames Estill Tankersley, of Taylor, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 42
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Taylor, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 42
- MAURICE EDWARD LUNDYFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN PAYNEPetty Officer Third Class · May 10, 1969
- DAVID ALAN PROTAINPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- EDWARD ALLEN PUTNEYStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- PETER ELMER SIPPLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTURO SYLVESTER SISNEROSCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 43
From Taylor
- THEODORE GRONOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOSE JULIO BOYLESSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEYERLieutenant Colonel · April 26, 1967
- BURTON IRVING SHARPSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH PETERSENSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- JAMES ELTON FISHERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- THOMAS RUSSELL COLLINS JRSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- LARRY MICHEAL ROBINSONSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- ALLEN JAMES LAMSSpecialist Four · December 27, 1969
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.