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TIMOTHY MICHAEL SPRINGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – July 30, 1970
Service recordTimothy Michael Springer, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 71
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 71
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
- DALE ERVIN SATHOFFStaff Sergeant · July 30, 1970
- WILLIAM RAY SCHROEDERLance Corporal · July 30, 1970
- EDWARD JAMES WHITTONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE JAMES BALLSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 68
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.