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CECIL WAYNE TILLMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 27, 1948 – March 10, 1969
Service recordCecil Wayne Tillman, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 3
- ALLAN DAVID MORTENSENSergeant · March 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN STEDLSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- MICHAEL GEORGE ALLENDORFCorporal · March 11, 1969
- DAVID BRUCE ARNOLDPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FIDEL JOE AGUIRRESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 98
- CLARENCE E NUNNERY JRSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 2
- AARON LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 2
- JAMES LAMAR YARBROUGHPrivate · Panel 29W, Line 2
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.