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TIMOTHY LYNN CARLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 30, 1949 – March 26, 1969
Service recordTimothy Lynn Carley, of Emporia, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 44
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Emporia, Kansas (Lyon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 44
- RICHARD EUGENE BRENNEMANCorporal · March 26, 1969
- NICHOLAS CANCILLAPetty Officer Third Class · March 26, 1969
- STANLEY MELVIN CLINGLERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- FRANK ANTHONY DIFIGLIALieutenant Colonel · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EUGENE BARNETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 42
- J C REELPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 51
From Emporia
- MARVIN DOUGLAS BUCKRIDGESpecialist Four · August 18, 1967
- JOHN L PONTINGSergeant First Class · November 22, 1967
- LEWIS R G DORSEYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
- MICHAEL NEIL HUBERTStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
- STEVEN VINCENT ASTCorporal · March 2, 1971
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.