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WILBERT A TYNES JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1940 – September 19, 1967
Service recordWilbert A Tynes JR, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 94
- DAVID EDWARD RALPHSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- DAVID LEE SCHOUWEILERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- RUFUS ALFONZO THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- PIERRE ANATOLE THREETPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GABRIEL BETANCOURTPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 91
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
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.