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ARLIE TERRY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1940 – March 6, 1968
Service recordArlie Terry, of Fairborn, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 37
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Fairborn, Ohio (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 37
- LOUIS JOSEPH TONERHospitalman · March 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE VICKERSLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- GARRITY VOGELPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- HOWARD BERT WALDRONMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN ENGEBRETSONSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 17
- JERE DOUGLAS FARNOWSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 18
- JOHN ALBERT KOZACHSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 24
- RICHARD E SALDANASpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 33
From Fairborn
- EDWARD API LOVELLStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1965
- JULIAN A FINCHER JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 23, 1967
- RONALD MICHAEL OBENOURSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- LESLIE BERKLEY SAYREFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1968
- EDWARD LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- HAROLD LECURNE ZUG JRSergeant · August 27, 1968
- LEONARD RAY MARTINSergeant · December 9, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM LANDRUMSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · February 14, 1970
- RONALD DEAN SWINFORDLance Corporal · September 4, 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.