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TIMOTHY JOHN CAROLAN
Private · U.S. Army
July 7, 1949 – June 18, 1969
Service recordTimothy John Carolan, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 73
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 73
- JAMES CABARUBIOCorporal · June 18, 1969
- GEORGE DARE CARRCaptain · June 18, 1969
- ROBERT GEORGE CARRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- EDWARD WILLIAM CHARLESLance Corporal · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ROBERT BROWNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 72
- GEORGE DARE CARRCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 73
- JOSE MANUEL DELA TORRESpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 74
- GARY CHARLES SALANITROWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 83
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.