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JAMES PHILEMON TYNER
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1930 – January 8, 1966
Service recordJames Philemon Tyner, of Hartsville, South Carolina, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 18, 1930
- Home of record
- Hartsville, South Carolina (Darlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 59
- CHARLES LOUIS SCOTT JRSergeant · January 8, 1966
- GORDON RICHARD WITTMANStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1966
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BLAIRCaptain · Panel 4E, Line 58
- GORDON RICHARD WITTMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 59
From Hartsville
- CORDIE LEE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- JAMES POSTONSergeant · September 9, 1966
- EMMITT ROOSEVELT GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- LAWRENCE WAITERSCorporal · August 28, 1968
- ADGER EUGENE MOODYSpecialist Six · March 21, 1969
- JAMES LEE WILKSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- THOMAS PICKETT BYRD KINGFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 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.