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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Frederick G Terry JR.

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FREDERICK G TERRY JR

Major · U.S. Army

June 3, 1937 – July 4, 1968

Service record

Frederick G Terry JR, of Pompton Plains, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 53W · Line 14

Position of Panel 53W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Air Observation Pilot (1981)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
June 3, 1937
Home of record
Pompton Plains, New Jersey (Morris County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 4, 1968
Age
31
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 53W, Line 14

Same unit, same day

From Pompton Plains

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.