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TIMOTHY ALLEN SHOBER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 27, 1949 – June 20, 1969
Service recordTimothy Allen Shober, of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 101
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Ephrata, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 101
- DALLAS C SHELTON JRSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- FLOYD LESTER STEWARDSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- JOE ALTON WADLEYSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- THOMAS RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HERRICK ALDRICHSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 95
- LEON LAVERNE LANINGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 98
From Ephrata
- DERVIN JOHN KEISLINGPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- RICHARD STANLEY SIMMONSMaster Sergeant · July 25, 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.