Douglas L. Tinsley
Died: December 26, 2006
Rank: Specialist
Unit: D Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
Branch: U.S. Army
Specialist Douglas Logan Tinsley died December 26, 2006, of injuries sustained when the vehicle in which he was riding rolled over into a canal in Baghdad, Iraq. The 21-year-old Soldier was conducting a mounted patrol at the time. Another Soldier died in the same incident, and a third was seriously injured. Specialist Tinsley was assigned to D Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, out of Fort Richardson, Alaska, to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was buried with full military honors at Chester Memorial Gardens in Chester, South Carolina, on January 6, 2007. The South Carolina General Assembly passed a formal resolution expressing its members’ “deep sorrow” and offering “deepest sympathy” to his family and friends.
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