Tom Tingle Kermit was born in Neshoba County to Tom Ben and Fannie Lee Tingle on February 13th 1930. He entered the military in 1952 and was stationed in Germany in the 101st airborne, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and Vietnam as a member of the 2nd battalion 16th infantry "ranger" regiment. In Vietnam he participated in operation ABILENE until his death on April 10th, 1966. He was married to Margarethe Tingle and had three children.
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