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TIMOTHY ZANE BORDEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 25, 1949 – March 15, 1970
Service recordTimothy Zane Borden, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 129
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 129
- JOHN JAMES ILLINGWORTHCorporal · March 14, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD RUSSCorporal · March 14, 1970
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- LORING M BAILEY JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- RONALD LEE BIEGERTSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS RICHARD BREWERCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 130
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
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.