US PARAS 2 Tallman, Richard Joseph

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Tallman​

• FORENAME

Richard Joseph​

• UNIT

former 501 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (C.O.,2 Bn)​

• RANK

Brigadier General​

• NUMBER

198141783​

• DATE OF DEATH

9th July 1972​

• AGE

47​

• GRAVESITE

U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery,West Point,Orange County,New York Section XVIII Site 21​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Honesdale,Pennsylvania​

born 28.3.1925 Honesdale,Pennsylvania​

son of Harold and Irene (nee Spinner) Tallaman​

husband of Evelyn (nee Phillips) Tallman (7 children)​

graduated Honesdale High School 1943​

entered service 26.6.1943 Wilkes Barre,Pennsylvania​

Infantry​

battlefield commission 1945 (Battle of the Bulge)​

graduated USMA,West Point 1945-49​

served in Korea 1950 (1Lt Infantry)​

served 509 Infantry Regiment (dates ?)​

501 Infantry Regiment (Airborne) (C.O. 2 Bn) (LtColonel) 1968​

101st Airborne Division (C.O. 3rd Brigade) (Colonel) 1971​

Chief of Staff,3rd Regional Assistance Command,MACV January 1972​

Deputy Commanding General,3rd Regional Assistance Command,MACV 28.6.1972​

Brigadier General 29.6.1972​

in between tours of Vietnam he served at USMA,West Point as tactical officer,teacher of military history and Assistant Commandant of Cadets​

on his 3rd tour of Vietnam​

WIA An Loc,Binh Long Province,South Vietnam (1245 pm)​

DOW same day at 3rd Field Hospital,Saigon,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01W Line 55​

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