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DAVID WILLIAM TIMM
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 6, 1942 – April 5, 1968
Service recordDavid William Timm, of Brodhead, Wisconsin, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 21
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. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Brodhead, Wisconsin (Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 21
- JOHN PHILIP SUPPLEWarrant Officer 1 · April 5, 1968
- ROBERT R THOMPSONSergeant · April 5, 1968
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- ROGER ELGIN WARDSpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RAYMOND CREECYSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 16
From Brodhead
- GLEN HARRY YOUNGPrivate First Class · October 28, 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.