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JAMES WILLIE TERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1943 – April 26, 1968
Service recordJames Willie Terry, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Atlantic City, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 25
- TERRY LEE TEBBETTSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT EARL TERRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- LARRY RICHARD TODDSergeant · April 26, 1968
- JAMES LOUIS TURNERCorporal · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD KIETH DUDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 17
- BILLY REX FOSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 18
- STEVE ALDMAN HARDINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 18
- ROBERT EDWARD LEASpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 21
- EARL PHILLIP SUMMERSILLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 24
From Atlantic City
- ARFIEN CLIFFORD ALISpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- ARTHUR KEENSeaman · June 27, 1966
- DENNIS FRANCIS DELASANDROSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- GEORGE EUGENE COLES JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · August 25, 1967
- THOMAS F SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH GROHMANGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE FARMERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK SHELLEMLance Corporal · April 28, 1968
- GERALD ANTHONY MCCALLStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1968
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.