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MARK FRANCIS TEARL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 11, 1947 – November 17, 1969
Service recordMark Francis Tearl, of Edgewood, Maryland, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 91
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Edgewood, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 91
- NORMAN EUGENE THOMASAirman First Class · November 17, 1969
- DAVID TORRESSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
- JULIUS ZAPOROZECSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
- KENNETH DEWAYNE HARJOSpecialist Four · November 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK WAYNE BURCHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 86
From Edgewood
- CHARLES ANTHONY JAMACKSpecialist Five · September 28, 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.