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DAVID WILLIS TERRELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 18, 1944 – July 4, 1966
Service recordDavid Willis Terrell, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 131
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- January 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 131
- GLENN EUGENE SPRATLEYCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DANIEL WAYNE STUTLERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- HOMERO ELIUD TIJERINALance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- RAYMOND WIDMANNLance Corporal · July 4, 1966
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- WILMER JAY WILLINGHAMWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 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.