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HUBERT SAMUEL TILLEY JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1948 – May 11, 1969
Service recordHubert Samuel Tilley JR, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 55
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 55
- SAMUEL BRUCE SCHWARTZPrivate · May 11, 1969
- DAVID HENRY SHIFLETTPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- RONALD LEE SHROPSHIRELance Corporal · May 11, 1969
- HAROLD RILEY SIMONDSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WILLIAM HASTINGSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 49
- DAVID ALLEN TRINKALASpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 56
- VICTOR MANUEL YANEZSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 58
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 1967
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.