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JOHN HARVEY TYNDALL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1947 – April 12, 1967
Service recordJohn Harvey Tyndall JR, of New Bern, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 20
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1947
- Home of record
- New Bern, North Carolina (Craven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy 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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18E, Line 20
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SMITHSeaman Apprentice · April 12, 1967
- CHARLES A SULLIVAN JRPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
- VICTORIANO VELEZSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- TERRY WELCHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · Panel 18E, Line 18
- RONALD CHARLES HURSTSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 18
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 19
- TERRY WELCHPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 20
From New Bern
- CHARLES KENNEDY LOVELACEMajor · June 22, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS FAULKNERSergeant · October 11, 1965
- CLARENCE LEE SEXTONMaster Sergeant · July 30, 1966
- FREDERICK L MARTINPrivate First Class · February 29, 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.