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JAMES TERRY SAVAGE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1948 – October 14, 1969
Service recordJames Terry Savage, of Social Circle, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aerial Sensor Specialist (17L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Social Circle, Georgia (Walton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 78
- DOUGLAS ALAN LEMONDPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- JERE RONE LOWESergeant · October 14, 1969
- GEORGE PATRICK MCCLINTICPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- BURTON EUGENE SMALLCorporal · October 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK ALBERT BABSON JRCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 79
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.