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ARIE TERRY
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 28, 1943 – April 30, 1968
Service recordArie Terry, of Decatur, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 24
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Decatur, Alabama (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 24
- ALLEN LEE TERRYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- PAUL THORIK JRCorporal · April 30, 1968
- ALEXANDER TSIROSCorporal · April 30, 1968
- HAROLD J VIERHELLER JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EUGENE LUTZPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 17
- DONALD LEE PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 21
From Decatur
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- RONALD DUDLEY RICHCorporal · December 28, 1966
- JOHN EARL MCVAYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE HOSE JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- BOBBY RAY ALEXANDERCorporal · November 16, 1967
- WILLIAM HILLIARD OVERTONFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- CARL EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE EARPCorporal · August 10, 1969
- MORGAN WILLIAM WEEDFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- RODGER PINKNEY CROWSpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
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.