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ARTHUR RICHARD TIMBOE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1944 – February 1, 1968
Service recordArthur Richard Timboe, of San Francisco, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 23, 1944
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 62
- EUGENE VERNON WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- LARRY ELLIS WILLIAMSCorporal · February 1, 1968
- ROYCE HAROLD WILSON JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY WINTERCorporal · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 51
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.