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JOHN FREDERICK TILLOU JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 15, 1950 – June 4, 1970
Service recordJohn Frederick Tillou JR, of Yuma, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 10
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Yuma, Arizona (Yuma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 10
- EUGENE SELDERSPrivate First Class · June 4, 1970
- RUSSELL DELMAR SHUESergeant · June 4, 1970
- ANTONIO SILVASpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
- ARCADIO TORRESFirst Sergeant · June 4, 1970
From Yuma
- CASIMIRO DIANDAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- EULIS NEIL WILKES JRSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- EDWIN MICHAEL RIDENOURPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · March 16, 1968
- KENNETH DUANE BROWNLEESpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
- CURTIS MILLER WEEKS JRSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- ROBERT L CHAVEZChief Petty Officer · March 25, 1970
- DENNIS LEE LONGDAILSpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- TERRANCE LEE HOODSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- STEVEN LYNN COFFEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.