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GARDNER TILLSON JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
August 31, 1942 – May 9, 1967
Service recordGardner Tillson JR, of Salem, Massachusetts, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 9, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 75
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 31, 1942
- Home of record
- Salem, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 75
- RONALD MARVIN STEINCorporal · May 9, 1967
- LYLE SCOTT TATECorporal · May 9, 1967
- ROBERT JACY TODDPrivate · May 9, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
From Salem
- JAMES FRANCIS HUBISZPrivate · February 28, 1966
- HAROLD HERBERT MORRISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH GRAYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1971
- PAUL ROLAND CARSONSergeant · October 6, 1971
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.