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TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 16, 1945 – May 6, 1967
Service recordTimothy William Kearney, of Rock Island, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 50
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
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 119 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Rock Island, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “119 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 50
- DOUGLAS RALPH HODGSONPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- LARRY ALBERT LINDELLPetty Officer Third Class · May 6, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE RAINEYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19E, Line 48
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 49
From Rock Island
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- DARWIN DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERLGunnery Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JAMES MICHEAL KINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM RANSONCorporal · April 7, 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.