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TIMOTHY HOWARD LACY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 11, 1951 – December 29, 1970
Service recordTimothy Howard Lacy, of New Castle, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 14
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
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 11, 1951
- Home of record
- New Castle, Indiana (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 14
- LONNIE EUGENE DUMASSergeant · December 29, 1970
- JOHN EMORY NORTONCorporal · December 29, 1970
- HOWARD WAYNE BRAMLETT JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1970
- PARK GEORGE BUNKERCaptain · December 30, 1970
From New Castle
- JIMMIE LEE MINCKSSergeant · October 11, 1965
- GEORGE MICHAEL SLOANPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT CRANDALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- BRADFORD LEE TROUTSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE DARLINGSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- FREDRICK JOE SMITHCorporal · July 6, 1968
- DAVID CLAUD JASPERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- TOMMY RAY EATONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · April 12, 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.