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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Timothy Keith Mahoney.

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TIMOTHY KEITH MAHONEY

Corporal · U.S. Army

December 2, 1949 – September 15, 1968

Service record

Timothy Keith Mahoney, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 44W · Line 65

Position of Panel 44W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Watercraft Operator (61B)
Unit (as recorded)
82 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
December 2, 1949
Home of record
Houston, Texas (Harris County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 15, 1968
Age
18
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 44W, Line 65

From Houston

All 358 names from Houston →

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.