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PAUL ROBERT TILLEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 26, 1950 – June 5, 1969
Service recordPaul Robert Tilleman, of Camdenton, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Camdenton, Missouri (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 79
- HANK SALLYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- ALEXANDER P SANTIAGO JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- ANTHONY JOHN SESTITOFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1969
- DENNIS LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE ANIBAL ECHEVARRIA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 72
- LOUIE FRANK DALIESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 73
- FREDERICK JOHN HENRYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 73
- THOMAS GLEN HORALPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 74
- DAVID TERRELL HOWARDPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 75
- CLAUDIE METCALFPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 76
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAULSENSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 77
- MACK LEE PRESTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 78
- ALEXANDER P SANTIAGO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 79
- THOMAS JOSEPH WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 81
From Camdenton
- LLOYD M SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1969
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.