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BRADLEY OLEN TILLINGHAST
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1946 – July 12, 1967
Service recordBradley Olen Tillinghast, of Woodland, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 65
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Woodland, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 65
- JAMES FRANCIS SCHIELEStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- GARY LOUIS WAGUESPACKPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY ROBERT SPITLERCorporal · Panel 23E, Line 64
From Woodland
- DAVID JOSEPH BOYLESeaman · February 14, 1966
- JAMES GEORGE SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 26, 1967
- ARTHUR FRED MIRAMONTESPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT LEE STEWARTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS LOUIS ROSSIPrivate · February 14, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER CASIASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- GEORGE DEWEY BROOKSHIREPrivate First Class · September 1, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES SHINNStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.