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JIMMIE MACK TILGHMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 21, 1950 – April 2, 1969
Service recordJimmie Mack Tilghman, of Denver City, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Denver City, Texas (Yoakum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 3
- ROBERT JOHN STORK JRFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1969
- JULIAN VICTOR VELASQUEZSergeant · April 2, 1969
- DAVID ARLEN WALDERACaptain · April 2, 1969
- LENWOOD WHITE JRSpecialist Four · April 2, 1969
From Denver City
- KENNETH RAY RUCKERSergeant · May 27, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE MOONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH ORSINI JRSpecialist Four · December 31, 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.