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JOHN RICHARD TINE
Captain · U.S. Army
November 14, 1942 – May 1, 1969
Service recordJohn Richard Tine, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 95
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 95
- LESLIE JAMES STEWARTPrivate · May 1, 1969
- WAYNE OLIVER TAYLORPrivate · May 1, 1969
- JOSE R TORRES-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES VANDEVENTERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
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.