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AKKE JANS TIMMER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1947 – August 6, 1969
Service recordAkke Jans Timmer JR, of Sheldon, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Sheldon, Iowa (O'brien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 105
- SYLVESTER NELSON JRCorporal · August 6, 1969
- LAWRENCE O WOOLDRIDGESpecialist Five · August 6, 1969
- ROOSEVELT ABRAHAM JRCorporal · August 7, 1969
- LEO JOE ADAKAICorporal · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HAROLD FINGERCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 101
- GREGORY LEO MEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 103
- FRED GEROLD RINEHARTSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 104
- DAVID FRANCIS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 104
From Sheldon
- HARLAN RAY BRANDTSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- ALVIN CHRIS VANRIESENSergeant · May 26, 1968
- ROBERT JAY BRINKMANSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.