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DAVID OLIVER TIMSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1950 – December 2, 1968
Service recordDavid Oliver Timson, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 25
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 2, 1950
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 25
- TERRY LEE SAVOTHLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- CHARLES EVERETT SEATONStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1968
- GEORGE HARRELL STAMPSSpecialist Four · December 2, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN STEINERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
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.