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TYRONE EDWARD CARNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1948 – June 17, 1968
Service recordTyrone Edward Carney, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 12
- DONALD SHUICHI FUJIMOTOSergeant · June 17, 1968
- DAVID MCLEAN HOLLINGWORTHSergeant · June 17, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE HUGHESSpecialist Four · June 17, 1968
- JACK WAYNE OAKESPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.