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DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 8, 1945 – May 21, 1967
Service recordDwight Elmer Timberlake, of Livonia, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 79
- HARLEY EDWIN SPIVEYSecond Lieutenant · May 21, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS STEIGHNERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JOSE MARIA VASQUEZPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 71
- EUGENE HAROLD DICKINSONSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 72
- JERRY LEE HOUSERPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 75
- TOLER LEE HUTCHINS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 75
- PHILLIP EARL IRELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 75
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 75
- ALFRED LEESergeant · Panel 20E, Line 76
- JAMES DAVID MCWHORTERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 76
- PATRICK MICHAEL LOISELPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 77
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 78
- ANTHONY WILFRED ROYBALSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 78
- RODOLFO ANDRES SAENZPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 78
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 79
- JAMES THOMAS STEIGHNERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 79
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 80
- WALTER STEPHEN SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 3
From Livonia
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
- MARVIN MERLE DICKSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · January 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAUL SARNASpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD TATELance Corporal · September 19, 1968
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.