Pat Tillman

Events (30)

• May 31, 2002: Senator Calls Tillman a ‘Recruiting Tool’ for Military 2002-05-31
• May 23-June 1, 2002: Football Star Passes on NFL Contract to Enlist in US Army 2002-06-01
• June 25, 2002: Rumsfeld Memo Says ‘Keep an Eye on’ Pat Tillman 2002-06-25
• June 28, 2002: Rumsfeld Sends Pat Tillman a Personal Note 2002-06-28
• May 30-July 9, 2002: Pat Tillman Story Heavily Covered in European Press 2002-07-09
• July 16, 2003: Tillman Brothers Receive Sports Award, but Refuse to Attend Ceremony 2003-07-16
• March 13, 2004: United States Central Command Announces Launch of New Afghanistan War Offensive: Operation Mountain Storm 2004-03-13
• March 15, 2004: Radio Free Europe Publicizes Operation Mountain Storm’s Use of ‘Unconventional ’ Strategy 2004-03-15
• March 20, 2004: Meeting with Key Resistance Planner Suggests Counter-Strategy against Operation Mountain Storm ‘Already Paying Off’ 2004-03-20
• April 22, 2004: Chain of Command Orders Tillman Platoon Split 2004-04-22
• 6:34 p.m. April 22, 2004: Half of Pat Tillman’s Ranger Platoon Falls under Canyon Attack 2004-04-22
• 6:34 p.m. April 22, 2004: Part of Tillman’s Platoon Dismounts to Help Fellow Soldiers under Fire 2004-04-22
• 6:34 p.m. - 6:44 p.m. April 22, 2004: After Canyon Ambush, Part of Pat Tillman’s Platoon Fires on Fellow Soldiers 2004-04-22
• 6:46 p.m. April 22, 2004: Pat Tillman Is Killed in Second Friendly Fire Encounter, According to an Early Account 2004-04-22
• 6:00 p.m. April 22, 2004: Tillman Brothers’ Platoon Departs for Mission in Village 2004-04-22
• 6:14 p.m.-6:34 p.m. April 22, 2004: Pat Tillman’s Convoy Moves through Canyon 2004-04-22
• April 22, 2004: Army Tells Family Tillman Shot by Enemy, Dies an Hour Later in Field Hospital 2004-04-22
• April 23, 2004: Pentagon Reports Death of Pat Tillman in Combat 2004-04-23
• April 29, 2004: Pentagon Awards Pat Tillman Posthumous Silver Star, Telling False Story of His Death 2004-04-29
• April 30, 2004: ABC Airs Tribute to Fallen Soldiers, Conservatives Protest 2004-04-30
• April 24, 2007: Jessica Lynch Testifies to Misinformation Surrounding Her Ordeal 2007-04-24
• July 31, 2007: Retired Three Star General Could Lose a Star for Role in Tillman Death Investigation 2007-07-31
• May 11, 2009: Former Black Operations Chief Stanley McChrystal Tapped to Replace David McKiernan as Top US Commander in Afghanistan 2009-05-11
• May 12, 2009: Tilllman Parents Caution Senate on Pending Confirmation of General Who Helped Cover up Son’s Death 2009-05-12
• Summer-Fall 2002: Tillman Brothers Train for Infantry at Fort Benning
• Early 2003: Tillman Brothers Become Rangers Assigned to the Same Unit
• Early 2004: Pat Tillman Enlists Friend to Set up Meeting with Antiwar Advocate
• March 2003: Tillmans Deployed to Iraq
• Early April 2004: Tillman Brothers’ Ranger Unit Deployed to Afghanistan to Participate in New Offensive:Operation Mountain Storm
• April 23-Late June, 2004: Military Knows Tillman Death a Friendly Fire Incident, but Does Not Reveal to Family until after Memorial Service