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RAYMOND HOWARD TIGHE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 9, 1944 – May 19, 1967
Service recordRaymond Howard Tighe, of Winton, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 336 AVN CO 13 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Winton, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “336 AVN CO 13 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 50
- ALTON SHEDDSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- HAROLD DAVID SHELTONLance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES STECKERCorporal · May 19, 1967
- DALE WILLIAM TOLBERTPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEDIMINAS JUST EIDUKAITISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20E, Line 41
From Winton
- BILLY DEAN MCDOUGALSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- JAMES JOHN STROBLECorporal · November 9, 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.