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WILLIE DONALD TYRONE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1932 – May 30, 1965
Service recordWillie Donald Tyrone, of Carbon, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 30, 1965, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 128
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- November 22, 1932
- Home of record
- Carbon, Texas (Eastland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 128
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- ROY LYNWOOD MURPHYLance Corporal · May 29, 1965
- TYRONE BRUCE CARSONSergeant · May 30, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER JO OSULLIVANCaptain · May 30, 1965
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.