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DENNIS EDWARD TIMMONS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 7, 1947 – November 12, 1969
Service recordDennis Edward Timmons, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 68
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1947
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 68
- ROBERT LEON TUCCIMajor · November 12, 1969
- BRUCE ELLIOT WALTERSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- NORMAN FLORIAN BENEDIKCorporal · November 13, 1969
- GORDON WILLIAM BENTPrivate First Class · November 13, 1969
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.