Military Veterans

Celebration of Freedom panel

James J. Tighe

Date of Birth

26 October 1929

Brick Location

Liberty Side

Panel Number

17B

Biography

Corporal James J. Tighe (US 55148638) served in the Artilleery as a Personnel Specialist.  He took Infantry Basic Training at Ft. Carson, CO, and additional training at Camp McCoy, WI.  After training, he served 13 months in the occupational forces in Germany.

Branch:

U.S. Army

Years

Korean War Era, May 1951 to April 1953.

Duty

Artillery, Headquarters Battery, 330th Field Artillery Battalion of Fifty.