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WALTER BUSILL TULLY JR
Major · U.S. Army
April 13, 1936 – March 2, 1969
Service recordWalter Busill Tully JR, of Madison, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 17
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1936
- Home of record
- Madison, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 17
- RAYMOND EARL TOLSMAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- HEUVEL DAVID F VANDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- JOHN EDMOND WALTERSCorporal · March 2, 1969
- JASPER MARION ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1969
From Madison
- ROBERT L MURPHYSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- RUSSEL WARREN ENGLESpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS COLL JRFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS JOSEPH MARKOVICHSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- RALPH ERNEST PIANO JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 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.