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TINSLEY BRYANT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 3, 1940 – December 10, 1965
Service recordTinsley Bryant, of Schuyler, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 6
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Schuyler, Virginia (Nelson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 6
- BILLY DEAN HOOPERFireman · December 6, 1965
- DENNIS LEE WEBERPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD BOSTONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- JAMES PATRICK BROCKCorporal · December 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- OMER GENE DARTYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 7
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 8
- CLAUDE L JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 9
- ROBERT L KECKLERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 9
- L C PITCHFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 10
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 10
From Schuyler
- RONAL EDWARD CRITZERPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
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.