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STUART HANCKEL TYSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1947 – June 7, 1969
Service recordStuart Hanckel Tyson, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 107
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 107
- RAYMOND THURL TALBURTSergeant · June 7, 1969
- ISAAC THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- DALE EARL THOMPSONLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- JOSEPH TREJO JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 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.