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BERNARD REINHOLD TERHORST
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1932 – April 19, 1969
Service recordBernard Reinhold Terhorst, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- March 10, 1932
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 12
- GEORGE HENRY SMITHCorporal · April 19, 1969
- CHARLES LOUIS TANKCorporal · April 19, 1969
- CHARLES ELLIS THOMASSpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH BACH IIICaptain · April 20, 1969
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.