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TIMOTHY JOE MCCREIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1948 – December 13, 1969
Service recordTimothy Joe McCreight, of Aledo, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 54
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Aledo, Illinois (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 54
- DAVID ALLEN MCINTYRECorporal · December 13, 1969
- WALTER ARNOLD PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1969
- GARY THOMAS PHILLIPSSergeant · December 13, 1969
- RICHARD HALL BRIGHTLance Corporal · December 14, 1969
From Aledo
- HORACE EARLE YOUNGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- ROBERT THOMAS FREEDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- JAMES KENNETH FRYELance Corporal · December 1, 1967
- GORDON CURTISS BROWNPetty Officer First Class · May 19, 1968
- MEREDITH GLENN ANDERSONMajor · April 28, 1970
- DAVID EUGENE WESTPrivate First Class · October 19, 1970
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.