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MARVIN HALL TERRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1947 – February 18, 1968
Service recordMarvin Hall Terry, of Pomona, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 14
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 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 14
- JAMES GLENN STANDEFERSergeant · February 18, 1968
- TERRY JAMES SUTTONHospitalman · February 18, 1968
- HOMER TAYLOR JRCorporal · February 18, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SHELDON EUGENE BLOYERStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 1
- CHARLES JOSEPH PATRIZIOSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 9
From Pomona
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- DOUGLAS EARL MURRAYSergeant · November 5, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FORTNERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1967
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- RICHARD ROSS TOLETTESecond Lieutenant · July 25, 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.