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RONALD DEAN TILLERY
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 2, 1949 – August 17, 1969
Service recordRonald Dean Tillery, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 56
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 133 3 NC BDE
- Born
- February 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 56
- RONALD WILLIAM PANNOCorporal · August 17, 1969
- MATTHEW PETERSONCorporal · August 17, 1969
- CLIFFORD SEALSCorporal · August 17, 1969
- VERNON DAVEY SOUTHERLANDSpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.