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NORMAN LEE TINKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1945 – January 25, 1968
Service recordNorman Lee Tinker, of Du Bois, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 35
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Du Bois, Pennsylvania (Clearfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 35
- PETER GARY NASHPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- MITCHELL FRANK SILVERSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JACK B SUTPHENSergeant · January 25, 1968
- KENNETH ROBERT TRIERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
From Du Bois
- JOHN LEON LOWERANITISCorporal · March 30, 1967
- PHILIP GRANT WEIRSergeant · May 31, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL RESINGERSergeant · June 21, 1969
- TIMOTHY GEORGE FRANKCorporal · April 24, 1970
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.