The Wall › Panel 34E › Pennsylvania › Timothy Mark Nafe
TIMOTHY MARK NAFE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1945 – January 19, 1968
Service recordTimothy Mark Nafe, of Strausstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 80
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Strausstown, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 80
- EFRAIN DEJESUS-CARRERASPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- ROBERT MUELLER MCCONNELLLance Corporal · January 19, 1968
- PATRICK PETER MURRAYMajor · January 19, 1968
- CHARLES EDMOND MUZZEYPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- LEONARD LEE NEWTONPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 74
- DENNIS EARL FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 76
- DONALD LAWRENCE GLOVERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 76
- WILLIAM DARRELL JOHNSONSergeant First Class · Panel 34E, Line 77
- JOHNNY WARNER LINDSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 79
- PAUL WILLIAM ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 81
- FRANKLIN ELLWOOD SOLLARSPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
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.