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TIMOTHY VAUGHN HARPER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1950 – February 17, 1971
Service recordTimothy Vaughn Harper, of Ceylon, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 113
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Ceylon, Minnesota (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 113
- MICHAEL PATRICK DAMONCorporal · February 17, 1971
- JOHN DAVID HODGESpecialist Four · February 17, 1971
- RICHARD ERWIN STUDIERPrivate · February 17, 1971
- HOWARD K WILLHITE JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1971
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.