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JAMES A TILLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1947 – January 18, 1968
Service recordJames A Tilley, of Livonia, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 71
- HAROLD DEAN SPRAGGSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- HOMER DOYLE SPRINGStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBB STALLLance Corporal · January 18, 1968
- ROBERT LARRY STOLZPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR JOHANSENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34E, Line 69
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 72
From Livonia
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
- MARVIN MERLE DICKSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ARNOLD PAUL SARNASpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD TATELance Corporal · September 19, 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.