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TIMOTHY ROBERT OWNBEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 6, 1950 – October 25, 1970
Service recordTimothy Robert Ownbey, of Springfield, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Springfield, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 21
- MAX EDWARD CARROLLSpecialist Four · October 25, 1970
- ALBERT F GRAHAM JRSpecialist Four · October 25, 1970
- PHILLIP HENRY KILVERSergeant · October 25, 1970
- KIM WILLIAM WIDMERSpecialist Four · October 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS CHARLES CANNANPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 20
- KIM WILLIAM WIDMERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 21
From Springfield
- JESSE ANDREW PYLESpecialist Five · February 7, 1965
- MICHAEL RAY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- RONALD HAROLD JOHNSONSeaman · April 28, 1967
- JAMES WALTER CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- BOBBIE JOE MOUNTSPrivate · January 5, 1968
- FRED JASON SECRISTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- JACK CLINTON TAYLORCorporal · February 2, 1968
- DAVID LYLE ROSSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES MELVIN GHEERSpecialist Five · October 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE CRAWFORDWarrant Officer 1 · February 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.