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TYRONE COMBS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 30, 1945 – July 12, 1967
Service recordTyrone Combs, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 56
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; 34 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 56
- BOBBY MCRAY BRASWELLSergeant · July 12, 1967
- LE ROY HARLAND CHARBONEAUCorporal · July 12, 1967
- PERNELL RUSSELL CLAUDSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRED GARLAND BRAGG JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 55
- LE ROY HARLAND CHARBONEAUCorporal · Panel 23E, Line 56
- PERNELL RUSSELL CLAUDSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 56
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 56
- RONALD EDWARD CRAINSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 57
- ROBERT EDWIN ECHOLSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 57
- GERALD LAWRENCE FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 58
- WILLIE KETCHERY FULLILOVEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 58
- EDDIE CARL GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 58
- STEPHEN JAMES GROTHSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 58
- JAMES MICHAEL HAIDERSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 59
- WANDLE LEWIS HICKMANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 59
- DAVID MICHAEL HORNPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 59
- JERRY LYNN HUGHESSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 59
- OWEN RAYMOND MONTGOMERYSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 59
- ROCKWELL GRANT JAMISONSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 60
- CHARLES MARK JUDGE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 60
- RONALD RICHARD KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 60
- JERRY DON LANIERSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 60
- JOHN ALVIN HARLANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 61
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 61
- MILFORD GERALD MCKEEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 62
- FLOYD RUSSELL NOEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 62
- GAYLORD EUGENE NOOTZSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 62
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.