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ROBERT VIRTUS TILLOTSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 8, 1948 – July 10, 1968
Service recordRobert Virtus Tillotson, of Helena, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Helena, Montana (Lewis And Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 12
- KENNETH WAYNE ECKMANCorporal · July 10, 1968
- GARY LEE STROUSESergeant · July 10, 1968
- LARRY GEORGE TREVARTONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- WILLIAM OWEN TRUJILLOSergeant · July 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE STROUSESergeant · Panel 52W, Line 12
- LARRY GEORGE TREVARTONPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 12
From Helena
- JOHN ROBERT URBANWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1965
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- DAVID JAY ALLINSONColonel · August 12, 1966
- BRUCE BURTON BACKEBERGPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JAMES LEO DARCYWarrant Officer 1 · April 6, 1967
- EDWARD ROY FRANK SRLieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1967
- GEORGE ROLAN ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL GROSESergeant · February 25, 1969
- JON RAY SUMMERSGunnery Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- RICHARD HURRELL STUBEFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 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.