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TIMOTHY MICHAEL HARRINGTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 30, 1948 – February 5, 1969
Service recordTimothy Michael Harrington, of Sepulveda, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 63
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Sepulveda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 63
- ALLEN JOSEPH GREENELance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- TONY LEE GRIFFITHSergeant · February 5, 1969
- GARY ROBERT HALEYLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE HAMLINSergeant · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EUGENE BOEHMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 60
- GEORGE ERNEST HAYWARDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 64
- JOHN EDWARD NORDELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 67
From Sepulveda
- RICHARD L HATLESTADFirst Lieutenant · April 12, 1963
- JOHN ANDREW EWARTLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- JAMES ALFRED MCMURDOLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH COSTANTINI JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PERKINS JRCorporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY BAFILESpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HOLZMANPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL GALE HUTSONLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
- BENJAMIN BUGARINCaptain · April 27, 1969
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.