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TIMOTHY JAMES BILKO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1941 – October 22, 1965
Service recordTimothy James Bilko, of St Benedict, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 129
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 31, 1941
- Home of record
- St Benedict, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 129
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · October 21, 1965
- HAROLD ALAN PREISENDEFERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
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.