Soldier Story: Tina S. Time

Each day, we will randomly highlight one service member’s life, and include links and stories. We choose to never forget, and this is our way, before the run, to remember our fallen service members.

In a high school where female leaders were rare, Tina Time was class president every year.
“You’d look at her and see a small physique, but she was a tough girl. She never quit,” said Vaipuna Kaulave, a teacher who called Time one of the best students he ever had.
Time, 22, died Dec. 18, 2004 in Iraq when the supply truck she was driving in a dust storm collided with another vehicle. Her Army Reserve unit was located in Tucson, Ariz.
Born in Australia, Time grew up in Pago Pago in American Samoa _ an American territory in the southern Pacific Ocean. In high school there, Time was an honor student and part of a youth group and choir and taught Sunday school in church.
She joined the Army Reserve to serve her country and help pay for college, her mother said. She attended Pima Community College in Tucson and enjoyed fixing cars in her spare time.
“She told me, ‘Mom, don’t be afraid. I wanted to do this for my country and now I’m doing it,’” said Mary Time, Tina’s mother. “She was my daughter. Now she’s my angel.”
She is also survived by her father, Viliamu, and four siblings, three of whom are serving in the military.

Information for this story was acquired from In Remembrance.

We will run for Tina on July 6, 2008 outside Monte Vista, Colorado.

Additional links where you may learn more about Tina.
Faces of the Fallen
In Remembrance
Zeitlangers