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TIMOTHY MICHAEL KRANSHAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1947 – February 22, 1967
Service recordTimothy Michael Kranshan, of Tallmadge, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Tallmadge, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 74
- EZEKEIL THEODORE EXUMPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ROBERT MORRIS JONESCorporal · February 22, 1967
From Tallmadge
- CARL DEAN HOFFMANLance Corporal · November 9, 1966
- WESLEY LEE WOODFORDFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- LARRY GLENN MARSHWarrant Officer 1 · September 14, 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.