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FREDERICK HOWARD TIMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1945 – August 21, 1967
Service recordFrederick Howard Tims, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 28, 1945
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 26
- WILLIAM D SOULEStaff Sergeant · August 21, 1967
- J FORREST GEORGE TREMBLEYLieutenant Commander · August 21, 1967
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · August 21, 1967
- BILLY FRANK WATSONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 21
- CLARENCE LAWRENCE CHASESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 22
- LEROY LYNN GERBERSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 23
- ARCHIE W MORRISSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 25
- ROGER DALE ROOTSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 25
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.