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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: TIMBERLAKE
First name: DWIGHT ELMER
Home of Record (official): LIVONIA
State (official): MI
Date of Birth: Monday, October 8, 1945
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SP4
Serial Number: 55829816
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11D20
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
K Troop 3rd Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Sunday, August 14, 1966
Date of Casualty: Sunday, May 21, 1967
Age at time of loss: 21
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Multiple fragmentation wounds (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Long Khanh
The Wall: Panel 20E - Row 079
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Interment ---
Glen Eden Memorial Park
35667 8 Mile Road
Livonia, MI 48152
(248) 477-4460