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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ancel James Terry.

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ANCEL JAMES TERRY

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

January 28, 1951 – April 29, 1970

Service record

Ancel James Terry, of Watergap, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 11W · Line 71

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
Unit (as recorded)
HHB 1 BN 39 ARTY XXIV CORPS
Born
January 28, 1951
Home of record
Watergap, Kentucky (Floyd County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 29, 1970
Age
19
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Grenade

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28 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 11W, Line 71

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.