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JOHN CHARLES TINGLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1946 – January 10, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Tingley, of Kathryn, North Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Procurement Sergeant (76N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 128 AVN CO 11 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Kathryn, North Dakota (Barnes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 26
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · January 10, 1968
- GREY H WAGNERSergeant · January 10, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- GLEN ALLEN ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · January 10, 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.