Tyndall, Avery B.
Army Private

Avery B. Tyndall from Pennsylvania, Philadelphia county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Sunday, November 26, 1950
Death details: On November 25, 1950, Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) attacked en masse all along the U.S. Eighth Army front on both sides of the Ch’ ongch’ on River in northwestern North Korea. The 2nd Infantry Division and supporting units, vastly outnumbered, were forced to conduct fighting withdrawals to the south to prevent Chinese flanking maneuvers. Chinese troops overran some of the artillery and mortar units that were in positions along the River during the beginning of their offensive. First Lieutenant Bradford Enwright Tyndall entered the U.S. Army from Massachusetts and served with C Company, 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was captured by enemy forces on November 26, while 2nd Infantry Division units were defending the Ch’ongch’on River line. Following his capture, he was marched with other prisoners of war (POWs) to various temporary POW camps. On January 16, 1951, while at a small village near Pukchin-Tarigol en route to Pyoktong, the site of the permanent Camp 5, 1LT Tyndall died among his companions. H is remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the war. Today, First Lieutenant Tyndall is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency