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DANIEL LEE TERRY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1945 – June 29, 1969
Service recordDaniel Lee Terry, of Noblesville, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Noblesville, Indiana (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 35
- DANIEL KEITH WAPINSKISecond Lieutenant · June 29, 1969
- BOBBY RAY WILKINSPrivate · June 29, 1969
- STEVEN JON WOODCOCKSpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
- DELBERT ELLERY BRIMMERPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ERNEST DOPPSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 32
- ALAN MURRAY HORNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 33
- HARRELL SAMUEL MEFFORDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 34
From Noblesville
- BENJAMIN D COY JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
- ALAN JENSEN BARDACHFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- STEVEN EUGENE CLARKPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES CUPPCorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE RANDALL SRCorporal · October 10, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD LAWHONPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL GRANTStaff Sergeant · December 15, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE SHELTONCorporal · January 24, 1970
- LAWRENCE LEE GORDONCorporal · May 6, 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.