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JOHN MICHAEL TANNEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 19, 1949 – September 23, 1968
Service recordJohn Michael Tanney, of Rome, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Rome, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 2
- BOBBY LEE SPENCERAirman · September 23, 1968
- KENNETH CLINTON SPENCERSergeant · September 23, 1968
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · September 23, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WHITEPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
From Rome
- BRADFORD THOMAS GRIFFINLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES CHENEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1967
- ROBERT NIELSENCorporal · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR RUSSELL JANSENCorporal · January 24, 1968
- HENRY F HENDERSON IIIPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- JOSEPH A MARTURANO JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN MONTOYA JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1968
- WYATT STEPHEN THOMASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HENDRIXSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
- MARTIN ALLEN MCZEALSpecialist Four · June 18, 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.