US PARAS 2 Owen, Timothy Samuel

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Owen
  • FORENAME
Timothy Samuel
  • UNIT
503 Infantry Regiment (Airborne) (Company D,1 Bn)
  • RANK
Private First Class
  • NUMBER
424562259
  • DATE OF DEATH
29th June 1968
  • AGE
21
  • GRAVESITE
Honolulu Memorial,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Rochester,New York
born 25.11.1946 Mobile,Alabama
married
technical draftsman,Teledyne Brown Engineering,Huntsville,Alabama
employed by Xerox,Rochester,New York
MIA (non hostile) Pleiku Province,South Vietnam
declared dead 4.6.1974 as Staff Sergeant
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 54W Line 18
Mobile National Cemetery,Mobile,Mobile County,Alabama Memorial Section MA-4 (memorial stone)
SYNOPSIS: PFC Timothy S. Owen was assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry in Vietnam. On June 29, 1968, his unit was conducting a night ambush about 25 miles east-southeast of Pleiku in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam.
At about 2400 hours, Owen left the ambush position, and it was believed that he fell into a stream, became disoriented and moved away from the squad's position. Search efforts were begun within fifteen minutes and continued for four days. A combat tracker team (tracker dogs and handlers) and helicopters assisted in the search. Patrols in the area continued to search as late as July 6, but no trace of Timothy Owen was ever found.
 

DATE OF DEATH:

29-Jun-1968
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