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GEORGE TALLMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1945 – April 9, 1967
Service recordGeorge Tallman, of Huntington Beach, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 7
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Huntington Beach, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 7
- ALLEN WAYNE PORTERPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- FRANCIS M RINKERSergeant First Class · April 9, 1967
- THOMAS ALEXANDER SMITHLance Corporal · April 9, 1967
- CHARLES ALBERT STOKENCorporal · April 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM CHARLTONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 2
- ALLEN WAYNE PORTERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 7
From Huntington Beach
- TERRY LEE QUINNPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- MICHAEL D WALLACEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- RAY EUGENE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- MIKE ARMENDAREZPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- ROGER VERNON INSCORECorporal · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- TERRY LEE TEBBETTSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CATT JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- LELAND PATRICK FINLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- SAMUEL KENT CULBERTSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
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.