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TIMOTHY SHAWN MICHAEL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – July 4, 1969
Service recordTimothy Shawn Michael, of Cicero, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 61
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Cicero, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 61
- EPHRIAM RUTLEDGE LILES IIWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1969
- STANLEY WAYNE MARTENSSpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- FLOYD JOSEPH MATTHEWSSeaman · July 4, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN MEYER JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS S BONVENTREPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 58
- DARRELL EUGENE MCGEESpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 62
- MICHAEL DENNIS NOONANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 62
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.