Gary grew up in the Lamar Community of Jonesborough, Tennessee and was a graduate of Lamar High School, Class of 1966. He was a member of the Beta Club. Soon after graduation, Gary moved with his father to Dearborn, Michigan and enlisted in the United States Army on 7 February 1968 in Detroit, Michigan.
After basic and advanced training, Gary was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division as a Light Weapons Infantryman. His tour of duty began on 17 January 1969 and he was killed in action while engaged with the enemy in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam on 26 July 1969. For his actions, he received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf, National Defense, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign Medals.
Gary was 21 years old and a member of the Green Pine Mission Baptist Church. He was the son of James Harlan Tinker and Louise Elizabeth Heilman and the grandson of Horace Fredrick Tinker. Gary was married and had one son.
After basic and advanced training, Gary was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division as a Light Weapons Infantryman. His tour of duty began on 17 January 1969 and he was killed in action while engaged with the enemy in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam on 26 July 1969. For his actions, he received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf, National Defense, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign Medals.
Gary was 21 years old and a member of the Green Pine Mission Baptist Church. He was the son of James Harlan Tinker and Louise Elizabeth Heilman and the grandson of Horace Fredrick Tinker. Gary was married and had one son.
Gary grew up in the Lamar Community of Jonesborough, Tennessee and was a graduate of Lamar High School, Class of 1966. He was a member of the Beta Club. Soon after graduation, Gary moved with his father to Dearborn, Michigan and enlisted in the United States Army on 7 February 1968 in Detroit, Michigan.
After basic and advanced training, Gary was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division as a Light Weapons Infantryman. His tour of duty began on 17 January 1969 and he was killed in action while engaged with the enemy in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam on 26 July 1969. For his actions, he received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf, National Defense, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign Medals.
Gary was 21 years old and a member of the Green Pine Mission Baptist Church. He was the son of James Harlan Tinker and Louise Elizabeth Heilman and the grandson of Horace Fredrick Tinker. Gary was married and had one son.
After basic and advanced training, Gary was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division as a Light Weapons Infantryman. His tour of duty began on 17 January 1969 and he was killed in action while engaged with the enemy in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam on 26 July 1969. For his actions, he received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf, National Defense, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign Medals.
Gary was 21 years old and a member of the Green Pine Mission Baptist Church. He was the son of James Harlan Tinker and Louise Elizabeth Heilman and the grandson of Horace Fredrick Tinker. Gary was married and had one son.
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