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JAMES FRANKLIN TINDELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1946 – April 14, 1967
Service recordJames Franklin Tindell, of Port St Joe, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Port St Joe, Florida (Gulf County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 27
- ROBERT EARL MCKEEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- ROBERT SCHERLAGPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- HOWARD DANIEL VANDENACREPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- RALPH ARTHUR WICKHAMSpecialist Five · April 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ARTHUR GRAYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 26
- DANIEL FRANCIS MONAHANCaptain · Panel 18E, Line 26
- ROBERT SCHERLAGPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 27
- HOWARD DANIEL VANDENACREPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 27
From Port St Joe
- JOHN CHARLES GAINOUSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- CLIFFORD CHESTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1968
- MOULTON LAMAR FREEMANCaptain · May 13, 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.