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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Terry Lynn Timms.

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TERRY LYNN TIMMS

Sergeant · U.S. Army

October 17, 1944 – October 14, 1968

Service record

Terry Lynn Timms, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 41W · Line 63

Position of Panel 41W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
11 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
October 17, 1944
Home of record
Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 14, 1968
Age
23
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 41W, Line 63

From Columbus

All 226 names from Columbus →

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.