SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY BERNARD
| Name: Timothy Bernard Sullivan Rank/Branch: O2/United States Navy, GIB Unit: VF 151 Date of Birth: October 2, 1943 Home City of Record: Springfield MA Date of Loss: 14 November 1967 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 204200 North 1062700 East Status (in 1973): Returnee Category: Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4B Missions: 50+ Other Personnel in Incident: Paul Schulz, returnee, pilot |
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Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK 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 2019
with information from Justin Jackson-Mann.
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Sullivan was assigned to Fighter Squadron 151, flying F-4B Phantoms aboard
the USS Coral Sea. In November, 1967, he and pilot Paul Schulz were shot
down over North Vietnam fifteen miles from Haiphong by a SAM. Both crewmen
were captured - and began their long and difficult term of over five years
as prisoners of war in North Vietnam.
Timothy Sullivan retired from the United States Navy as a Commander. He and
his wife Stephanie reside in Massachusetts.
