Rank: Corporal
Unit: Howitzer Battery, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 13B – Cannon Crewmember
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 26-Jun-1941
Hometown: Norfolk, Virginia
Marital status: Married to Ruth D. Tynes, two sons
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 19-Nov-1969
Start of tour: 28-Oct-1967
Incident date: 5-Jun-1968
Date of casualty: 15-Jun-1968
Age at death: 26
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Reginald Bernard Tynes died from septicemia secondary to burns received while in base camp when camp came under hostile mortar attack. He was admitted to a military hospital in Vietnam, evacuated to the 106th General Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, placed on the Serious Injury (SI) list and later expired. /
Location of fatality: Hua Nghia, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Calvary Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
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