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JOHN WESLY TERRELL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1945 – November 17, 1967
Service recordJohn Wesly Terrell, of Akron, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1967; ten of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 12
- LARRY PRESTON THURMANSergeant · November 17, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- JAMES D YEAKLEYSergeant · November 17, 1967
- JIMMY DEAN YOUNGBLOODCorporal · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS COLL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 7
- JACKIE RANDALL COMBSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- FRANCIS JOSEPH CORMIERPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- ROBERT JERRY FARLEY SRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 8
- MICHAEL EDWARD FLANNERYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 9
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 9
- JOHN WILLIE PAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 11
- HUBERT JACKSON PAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 11
- LARRY PRESTON THURMANSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 12
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 12
- JAMES D YEAKLEYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 12
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.