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CHESTER H TERRY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – March 30, 1969
Service recordChester H Terry JR, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 94
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Ocean Springs, Mississippi (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 94
- DAVID LAWRENCE DECKARDSpecialist Four · March 24, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES SIEGLERCorporal · March 30, 1969
- FRED D SMITHSergeant · March 30, 1969
- MELTON EDWARD SMITHCorporal · March 30, 1969
- WALTER DANIEL SMITHSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELMER EDWARD BARRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 88
- RONALD GENE PACESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 93
From Ocean Springs
- SAMUEL LEE WOODSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- DARRELL CLIFFORD LINTPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- FRANCIS LAURY PEARSONFirst Lieutenant · April 3, 1969
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.