The Wall › Panel 27W › New York › Frank Edward Timian
FRANK EDWARD TIMIAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 9, 1947 – April 12, 1969
Service recordFrank Edward Timian, of Lockport, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · 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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Lockport, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 68
- LLOYD EDWARD JONESPetty Officer Second Class · January 19, 1969
- MILES D TOUCHBERRY JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- JERRY GLENN WEATHERFORDPrivate · April 12, 1969
- STEVEN EDWARD WETTERGRENPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SA ATUATASI JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 61
- FELIX ANTONIO CALDERONSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 63
- DONALD GEORGE RESPECKISergeant · Panel 27W, Line 66
From Lockport
- GARY RAMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE FOSTERStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- OLIN RICHARD THRUSHCorporal · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES SIPPELPetty Officer Third Class · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGINNISMajor · February 20, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · August 7, 1968
- JAMES HOWARD LEESpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- PAUL JAMES KNEELANDSergeant · September 18, 1969
- PHILIP JON STEMPERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- GERALD PAUL WICKCaptain · February 15, 1971
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.