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DONALD CHARLES TALLMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 28, 1951 – October 30, 1971
Service recordDonald Charles Tallman, of Tiffin, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Tiffin, Ohio (Seneca County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1971; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 57
- DAVID GEORGE SMITHWICKSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
- LUTHER BURNETT WARD JRSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HUSKEYSpecialist Four · October 31, 1971
- GUFFEY SCOTT JOHNSONSergeant · October 31, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MICHAEL BERBLINGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 55
- MICHAEL MARION FARLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 55
- DARRELL HOGANStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 56
From Tiffin
- GRANT CARL TAYLORPrivate · June 5, 1967
- HOWARD ALBERT STRAUSBAUGHLance Corporal · March 9, 1968
- LAWRENCE GILBERT BARGAHEISERGunnery Sergeant · August 6, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLE SIEBENALLERSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT LEE LUSTERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1969
- RICHARD PAUL RITZLERCorporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE ASKAMPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WILLIS EUGENE KERLIN JRSergeant · September 26, 1971
- ROY DEWITT PRATERTechnical Sergeant · April 6, 1972
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.