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TIMOTHY JAMES MCKIERNAN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 9, 1946 – January 28, 1968
Service recordTimothy James McKiernan, of Norco, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 56
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 117 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Norco, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 56
- DONALD RAY BUCKLESCorporal · January 28, 1968
- KEILA PAOPAOPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT STEPHEN PLUNKETTCorporal · January 28, 1968
- ROGER DELL QUILLENPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
From Norco
- HEROLD TROY DEARDORFFFireman · November 12, 1966
- GEORGE ALAN INGALLSSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- STEVEN JAMES WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
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.