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TIMOTHY MARCIA WILBANKS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1948 – August 4, 1968
Service recordTimothy Marcia Wilbanks, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 11
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- July 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 11
- THOMAS ALLEN WARRENPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- GREGORY BRIAN WHITMORESergeant · August 4, 1968
- JONES LEE YAZZIELance Corporal · August 4, 1968
- EUGENE BAKER JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.