US PARAS 2 Tallman, George

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Tallman​

• FORENAME

George​

• UNIT

502 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (HQ and HQ Company,2 Bn) (Recon Platoon)​

• RANK

Sergeant​

• NUMBER

19748945​

• DATE OF DEATH

9th April 1967​

• AGE

21​

• GRAVESITE

The Good Shepherd Cemetery,Huntington Beach,Orange County,California​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Huntington Beach,California​

born 28.8.1945​

single​

4 years service​

award Bronze Star​

killed in grenade accident (non hostile) Khanh Hoa Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 18E Line 7​

​

I was with George when he died-He died from a grenade explosion-The pin fell out of the grenade of a fellow GI while George was handing out rations.( Joe Taylor)​