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TIMOTHY ANDREW VELTMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1946 – August 4, 1966
Service recordTimothy Andrew Veltman, of Winter Park, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Winter Park, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 106
- DAVID LAWRENCE MANNINGLance Corporal · August 4, 1966
- GEORGE LEMUEL ELLISSpecialist Five · August 5, 1966
- JOHNNY WILLIAM LLEWELLYNStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1966
- ANDREW MCARTHUR DUNCANSpecialist Four · August 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMANPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 105
- RAYMOND JOHN CHURCHILLSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 105
- JOE LAWRENCE HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 105
- RAY ELDRIDGE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 105
From Winter Park
- JOHN LUCIUS HOUSTONSergeant · July 6, 1964
- GEOFFREY HOLMES OSBORNLieutenant (junior grade) · September 24, 1965
- JOE ALBERT CRUTCHERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- GARY JOSEPH BELLPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DAVIS FREEMAN BROWNPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES CLARK IIFirst Lieutenant · October 7, 1968
- JAMES DAVID WRIGHT JRCorporal · March 22, 1969
- KENNETH LEROY WITHAMLance Corporal · March 27, 1969
- JOSEPH WOODARDCaptain · May 6, 1969
- HAL EDWARD PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 9, 1970
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.