Kenneth Wayne Tingle

Specialist Four
A CO, 3RD BN, 8TH INF RGT, 4 INF DIV
Army of the United States
25 October 1946 - 08 November 1967
Mira Loma, CA
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4 INF DIV

8TH INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

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19 Mar 2004

Kenneth Wayne Tingle, who was known as "Wayne", was a extremely popular sports enthusiast who looked similar to a young James Garner in "Maverick". He was a great baseball player, ladies man, mischeivious and full of the devil. His pride and joy was a brand new white Chevy Corvair, along with his beautiful mother, a sister named Bunnie, and a future all-star ball playing kid-brother, 9 year old Danny Tingle. Wayne and I were good friends as I whipped a neighborhood bully who liked picking on little guys, including Wayne. The last time I saw Wayne, I rode to Riverside, California,about 8 miles distant with him and his pretty little fiancee (soon to be wife). I heard from a mutual friend, Kenny Brown of Mira Loma, who was in Vietnam with Wayne, that they were in a fire fight with the Cong and Wayne ran for ammo. Kenny told me that Wayne brought back plenty of ammo, but decided to make just one more run to be sure, and it cost him his life. That was Wayne "AS HE HAD NO LIMITATIONS" and no fear either. His wife had a baby shortly after his death. Wayne along with all of the others I've honored were brave young men who gave all, and I will never forget or dishonor their memory or their absolute sacrifices.

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A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 08 Nov 1967, Alpha Company, 3/8 Infantry, lost ten men in heavy fighting in Kontum Province:
  • SP4 Marion F. Henderson, Oklahoma City, OK
  • SP4 Douglas E. Solomon, West Point, AR
  • SP4 Kenneth W. Tingle, Mira Loma, CA
  • PFC Alpha L. Buford, El Reno, OK
  • PFC Charles Doty, Natchitoches, LA
  • PFC David A. Hayes, Bell Gardens, CA
  • PFC William L. Juett, Owenton, KY
  • PFC Earl D. Lawrence, Palestine, TX
  • PFC Richard A. Mehne, Oshkosh, WI
  • PFC Gary W. Schmitt, Denver, CO




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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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