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JUAN LUIS TERRAZAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 19, 1947 – July 9, 1969
Service recordJuan Luis Terrazas, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 91
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 91
- EARL LLOYD COOKSpecialist Four · July 9, 1969
- PETER EDWARD ULRICKSONCorporal · July 9, 1969
- STEVE ANDERSONCorporal · July 10, 1969
- ELIJAH WALLACE BURKETTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES BOBOPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 87
- DANIEL SULLIVANSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 87
- JAMES CORNELIUS DOLOUGHTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 88
- ROBERT EARL KINGCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 89
- SANTOS RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 90
- WALTER EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 90
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.