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DELTON EUGENE TERRY
Airman · U.S. Navy
March 12, 1945 – July 29, 1967
Service recordDelton Eugene Terry, of Choctaw, Oklahoma, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 29, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Born
- March 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Choctaw, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 46
- RICHARD HENRY TAYLORPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- NORMAN ARNOLD THOMASPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES LEE TOWNSENDHospitalman · July 29, 1967
- HAROLD DAVID WATKINSAirman · July 29, 1967
From Choctaw
- JOHNNIE LEE SLOANPrivate First Class · September 28, 1965
- ALEXANDER LEO MAYERSpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- JAMES CLAIR WILSONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- GARY LANE BARNUMPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE KIDDSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- ALLEN THOMAS WHITEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1970
- ALLEN JAY SMITHCorporal · October 15, 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.