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TILLMAN DAVID RODGERS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 9, 1949 – September 11, 1969
Service recordTillman David Rodgers JR, of Johnston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 68
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Johnston, South Carolina (Edgefield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 68
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · September 11, 1969
- KENNETH WAYNE FIELDSCorporal · September 11, 1969
- DALE STEVEN FULKSpecialist Four · September 11, 1969
- JOHN PHILIP GOGGINSecond Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY LEE WARDSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 73
From Johnston
- JOHNNIE LINCOLN DANIELCaptain · October 4, 1966
- BENNY DEAN CLAYTONFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1968
- CALVIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- LUTHER WALKER JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 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.