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My Take
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.
Overview
Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was an American domestic terrorist who masterminded and perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The bombing itself killed 167 or 168 people (including 19 children), injured 684 people, and destroyed one-third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- military personnel / security guard / terrorist / mass murderer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Bryant & Stratton College
Awards & achievements
- Bronze Star Medal
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.