Timothy McVeigh

I include Timothy McVeigh here not to celebrate him but to remember what he destroyed. A decorated Gulf War veteran from Lockport, New York, he murdered 168 people, including 19 children, in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing — the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in American history. What unsettles me most is how ordinary his path was: military service, drift, isolation, and a grievance fed until it hardened into ideology. He was executed in 2001, but the lesson outlives him. My take is simple — radicalization rarely announces itself, and honoring the victims requires understanding, never excusing, the man who killed them.

Name (English)

Timothy McVeigh

Name (Japanese)

ティモシー・マクベイ

Reading

てぃもしー・まくべい

Born

April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Monkey

Origin

Lockport, New York, United States

Occupation

military personnel / security guard / terrorist / mass murderer

University

Bryant & Stratton College

Awards & achievements

• Bronze Star Medal

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4

Tags

• New York
• military personnel
• security guard
• terrorist

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.