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EDDIE THOMAS TERRY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1947 – June 7, 1968
Service recordEddie Thomas Terry, of Manchester, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Manchester, Georgia (Meriwether County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 28
- DEAN CALVIN SPENCER IIISpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- ALTON LEON STAPLES IIIPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- REYNALDO LERMA TORRES JRSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL WARREN TRAVISLance Corporal · June 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DEAN CALVIN SPENCER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 28
- BRIAN CARL WINNERPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 1
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.