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TIMOTHY COLE PROUDFOOT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 18, 1950 – March 13, 1969
Service recordTimothy Cole Proudfoot, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1950
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 31
- ALVIN LEROY LOWERYCorporal · March 13, 1969
- CRAIG STEVEN METTLINGSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- THOMAS CARROLL D MOFFITTPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS ORRSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES VAUGHN DUPRESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 28
- KENNETH LAWRENCE WATSONSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 33
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.