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. Timothy Owen was declared Missing in Action because no evidence was ever found that he was dead. His disappearance remains a mystery, as he did not
return in 1973 with 591 Americans who were released from various POW camps in Vietnam at the time.
Source:
Compiled by Homecoming II Project 30 June 1990 from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
Updated by the P.O.W. NETWORK 1998.
