Terrence J. Tinneny

United States Army

Photo courtesy of Jean Tinneny.

Terrence John "Terry" Tinneny is the son of John P. Tinneny and Helen Diamond of Philadelphia.  He was born and raised in Philadelphia.  Terry was drafted into the United States Army in 1963.  He completed basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and was trained as a communications specialist at Fort Bragg in North Carolina  He was then  sent overseas where he was assigned to three different locations in West Germany the 7th Army Headquarters at Heidelberg, Swetzingen and finally to Mannheim.  He returned to the United States in in 1965 and finished the last month in the Army in Washington D.C.