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ROBERT LEE TYES
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 18, 1942 – June 29, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Tyes, of San Francisco, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1942
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 19
- EDWARD GEORGE RAINFORDSergeant · June 29, 1968
- JOHN PIO ROGONECorporal · June 29, 1968
- JAMES GRAY ROWE JRSergeant · June 29, 1968
- PETER GEORGE RUIZPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD GENE CATTERSONSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 16
- MICHAEL LOUIS LEWIS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54W, Line 17
- JOHN THOMAS OCONNORCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 18
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.