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PHILIP ALLISON TINGLEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 1, 1947 – January 1, 1968
Service recordPhilip Allison Tingley JR, of Arverne, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 61 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Arverne, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “61 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 15
- FRANK VELAZQUEZCaptain · January 1, 1968
- RONNIE EDSEL BALLARDPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY BECKETTSecond Lieutenant · January 2, 1968
- THOMAS G BERNARDYSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LYNN MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33E, Line 14
From Arverne
- WILLIAM MORRISLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- EDWARD JOSEPH ZEWERT JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- JOSE CRESPOPrivate First Class · February 28, 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.