John Tinsley
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Age: 28
From: Tallahassee, Fla.
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Capt. John Tinsley died Aug. 12 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
Died: August 12, 2009
La. soldier killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
HOUMA, La. — An Army Green Beret killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan was from Houma.
Capt. John Tinsley, 28, died Aug. 12 in Oruzgan province in central Afghanistan, after a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle, according to an Army spokesman.
Tinsley, a graduate of Vandebilt High School and Florida State University, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, commonly called the Green Berets, based in Fort Bragg, N.C.
A former teacher and classmate recalled him as a quiet, considerate and confident student committed to others.
“He was one of my model students, that’s why I remember him so well,” said Margie Duplantis, who taught Tinsley religion his senior year and worked with him in the campus ministry. “One that had a heart of gold.”
Duplantis, who teaches 130...