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DOUGLAS WAYNE TALLON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 9, 1948 – May 2, 1967
Service recordDouglas Wayne Tallon, of Eureka, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Born
- December 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Eureka, Montana (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 18
- RUSSELL LINDSEY ROBBINSFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1967
- ROY ALLEN ROBERTSON JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- CLARENCE JIMMIE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- WLADMIR WILLIAM ZUBARSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
From Eureka
- KEITH EDWARD UTTERCorporal · July 14, 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.