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RONALD ETHRIDGE TINSLEY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 28, 1935 – July 24, 1966
Service recordRonald Ethridge Tinsley, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 24, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 72
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 28, 1935
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 72
- RAYMOND L TRUDEAUCaptain · July 24, 1966
- CLIFTON BISHOP ANDREWSMajor · July 25, 1966
- DAN WILLIAM BEARGEONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- WILLIS SHEPHERD BOWMAN JRGunnery Sergeant · July 25, 1966
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.