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Individual Collection
Location: Individual Collections-V; Photograph Collection; Museum Objects

Over one linear foot of artifacts, a DD-214, Military Payment Certificates (MPCs), NVA propaganda fliers, and three photographs document Tim Vail's tour of duty with the Americal Division, C Company, 1st Battalion, 46th Regiment, 198th Light Infantry Brigade, 1969. That materials date from the war era and are in good condition.

Tim Vail was born in Pennsylvania in 1942, and was inducted into the Army on 10 July 1968. Following basic training, Vail departed for Vietnam where he served from January 19, 1969, until July 9, 1969. On July 9, 1970, Vail was released from active duty. While in the service Vail received the following awards or citations: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Sharpshooter Badge-Rifle.

Location	Box	Folder	Contents
Individual Collection-V	1	1	Tim Vail DD-214
			North Vietnamese propaganda fliers directed at American soldiers serving in Vietnam (found in an NVA bunker near LZ Professional on 24 March 1969)
			Military Payment Certificates 5 cent, 10 cent (2), 25 cent (2)
		2	Selective Service System Appointment of Leader paperwork appointing Timothy Vail as group leader (10 July 1968)
			Photocopy of travel orders (10 July 1968)

Photographs:	VA043748-VA043750: photograph of 4 soldiers in Advanced Infantry Training taken at Ft. Polk,, LA in late 1968.
	two photographs of Vail while in Vietnam serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment, 198th Light Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division.
Museum Objects:	1712museum2930: U.S. Army dress uniform of Timothy Vail.

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