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LEE MORROW TIGNER
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
July 29, 1933 – August 22, 1972
Service recordLee Morrow Tigner, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 22, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 421 TAC FTR GP SQ
- Born
- July 29, 1933
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1972
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “421 TAC FTR GP SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 68
- ROGER ERNEST BEHNFELDTCaptain · August 19, 1972
- RODERICK BARNUM LESTERLieutenant Commander · August 20, 1972
- HARRY SEEBER MOSSMANLieutenant Commander · August 20, 1972
- WILLIAM JAMES CROCKETTFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1972
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES CROCKETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1W, Line 68
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.