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STANLEY SCOTT TILLITSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 30, 1948 – April 11, 1972
Service recordStanley Scott Tillitson, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 135
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1972; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 135
- JOSEPH CHARLES SZEKELYSergeant · April 9, 1972
- EDWARD CHARLES RIETSCHYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1972
- MARVIN LYNN BISCAMPSergeant · April 12, 1972
- JOHN MICHAEL CHRISTENSENCaptain · April 13, 1972
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD CHARLES RIETSCHYSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 135
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.