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JOHN FRANCIS TERRY JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
May 11, 1949 – October 22, 1967
Service recordJohn Francis Terry JR, of Cairo, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Cairo, Illinois (Alexander County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 52
- DAVID MARION LEWISFireman · October 22, 1967
- PATRICK J SUGHRUEWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- RUSSELL LEE ADAMSPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
From Cairo
- WALTER THOMAS GUERINSergeant · February 7, 1966
- BENNIE LEE CROSSSergeant · March 7, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM JONESPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- MARSHALL D JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1968
- ROBERT C PROFILETCaptain · October 2, 1968
- RUSSELL RICHARD BEELERPrivate First Class · March 2, 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.