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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Timothy Monroe Oleary.

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TIMOTHY MONROE OLEARY

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

September 2, 1932 – December 2, 1966

Service record

Timothy Monroe Oleary, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 2, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 13E · Line 6

Position of Panel 13E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
September 2, 1932
Home of record
Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 2, 1966
Age
34
Province
Pleiku
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 13E, Line 6

From Spokane

All 85 names from Spokane →

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.