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WILLIAM DAVID TYRON
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 12, 1935 – April 4, 1969
Service recordWilliam David Tyron, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 14
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1935
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 14
- CHARLIE RAY MCDONALDSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- DAVID BRUCE ANDERSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1969
- STEPHEN EDWIN BELCHERLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
- THOMAS EMANUEL BESTSpecialist Four · April 5, 1969
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.