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TIMOTHY WILLIAM GILKEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1947 – July 5, 1968
Service recordTimothy William Gilkey, of Irwin, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Irwin, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 19
- WILLIAM HARLEY GIBBS JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- STEVEN LOUIS GRAHAMLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- LOUIS GLENN HEALYPrivate · July 5, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD HERRINGLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
From Irwin
- JOSEPH EDWARD HETZER JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANCIS SHOGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- LESTER ALLEN WRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · July 31, 1966
- JULIUS BRADLEY HUGHESPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- JOHN MARK SPIELMANSeaman · February 26, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLELLANDGunnery Sergeant · April 11, 1968
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- DELBERT LEO SINGLER JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1969
- HOWARD SCOTT HILLSergeant · May 23, 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.