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TIMOTHY FLOYD FEWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 26, 1950 – June 9, 1970
Service recordTimothy Floyd Fewell, of Porterville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 32
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Porterville, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 32
- WILSON DAVISSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- SARKIS DERVISHIANSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- STEVEN LOUIS DOBRYSpecialist Five · June 9, 1970
- ANDREW JOHN ELLIOTTChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 9, 1970
From Porterville
- RODNEY BALAAM CARTERCommander · October 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 25, 1967
- WAYNE DOUGLAS WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- CLIFFORD ALAN JONESPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RONNIE LOUIS PHELPSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- GEORGE HAROLD WINKEMPLECKPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- EDDIE D TURNERCorporal · October 23, 1967
- PATRICK ALBERT HIGGINSCorporal · May 10, 1968
- RONALD DAVID SHOCKLEYAirman Apprentice · August 24, 1968
- LARRY GENE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
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.