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JOHN DEVON TYLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 1, 1932 – July 21, 1966
Service recordJohn Devon Tyler, of Charlottesville, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 288 SIG CO 41 SIG BN 21 SIG GRP 1 SOG BDE
- Born
- February 1, 1932
- Home of record
- Charlottesville, Virginia (Charlottesville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 53
- LEO EDWARD HINTERLONGSpecialist Four · July 21, 1966
- PEDRO MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
From Charlottesville
- GRANDVILLE R JONES JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- ERSKINE BUFORD WILDEPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- HARVEY MULHAUSERCaptain · January 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS DELANO WALLACEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- HOWARD ESLIE HOLLARPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD MARSHALLWarrant Officer · November 25, 1968
- JAMES MARION KARDOSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- CHARLES KING BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- ROBERT HOYT RUGGLESPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- RICHARD THOMAS CARTERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
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.