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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Timothy David Sines.

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TIMOTHY DAVID SINES

Sergeant · U.S. Army

November 11, 1949 – September 30, 1968

Service record

Timothy David Sines, of New Lexington, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 42W · Line 50

Position of Panel 42W 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
Regular
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
November 11, 1949
Home of record
New Lexington, Ohio (Perry County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 30, 1968
Age
18
Province
Quang Duc
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 42W, Line 50

Same unit, same day

From New Lexington

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.