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WAYNE ELLIOTT TIMOTHY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 9, 1948 – July 23, 1968
Service recordWayne Elliott Timothy, of Tranquillity, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Tranquillity, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 45
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- GLENN EUGENE SPENCERStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- JOHNNY R THAXTON JRLance Corporal · July 23, 1968
- BENJAMIN TILGHMANLance Corporal · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 39
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.