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JOHNNY MACK TINNEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 2, 1950 – February 8, 1971
Service recordJohnny Mack Tinney, of Huntsville, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 89
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Texas (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 89
- LENOX LEE RATCLIFFMajor · February 8, 1971
- JOHN ERNEST ROBERTSONCorporal · February 8, 1971
- CHARLES HOWARD SOULESpecialist Four · February 8, 1971
- PAUL CLARK STEWARTChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 8, 1971
From Huntsville
- CLINTON RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DAVID GENE ISBELLFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1968
- ROBERT COLQUITT PLEMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · March 12, 1968
- IVAN J CAMPBELLCaptain · November 22, 1968
- JOHN TERRELL WHITSONSergeant · February 19, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH SUBLETT JRCorporal · March 5, 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.