Vietnam Service – United States Marine Corps
Killed In Action – 23 April 1969 in Quang Tri, Vietnam
His name can be found on the wall on Panel 26W, Row 037
Harold Till, Jr., was awarded a Silver Star for saving his platoon when it was ambushed on a mountainside in Vietnam. The former president of the Garner High Bible Club was raised on Lake Wheeler Road. On the day he was killed, Till stood up and advanced on the enemy while firing his M-60 machine gun. His suppressing fire allowed the other men in his platoon to retreat.
