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ROBERT EMMETT TYNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 4, 1947 – February 19, 1968
Service recordRobert Emmett Tyner, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 33
- TERRY LEE SCHAUBPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- FRANCIS SAN NICOLAS TORRESergeant · February 19, 1968
- BARTON JOHN UPLINGERCaptain · February 19, 1968
- ALFRED VALDEZPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- THOMAS CECIL VAUGHANSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRENCE EUGENE FEDORPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 20
- RONALD BARRY LANNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 24
- JOHN B MADISONStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 24
- BILLY RAYVON NORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 27
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.