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TIMOTHY JAMES MELVILLE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1949 – September 15, 1968
Service recordTimothy James Melville, of Manhattan Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 65
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Manhattan Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 65
- GEORGE FREDERICK KEIPERSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- DUANE JOSEPH KUEHNPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- TIMOTHY KEITH MAHONEYCorporal · September 15, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MILLERWarrant Officer 1 · September 15, 1968
From Manhattan Beach
- MARK EDWARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- RONALD ALLAN MOORELance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN TSCHUMIPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- OWEN EDWARD MEBUSTSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JEFFREY PAUL MORLEYWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1968
- ROGER DEAN STEPHENSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- BRUCE ANDERSON MURRAYPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- ALLEN MICHAEL GRAFFSergeant · May 24, 1969
- STEPHEN AYER JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 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.