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NICHOLAS E TERRAZAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 15, 1947 – January 31, 1967
Service recordNicholas E Terrazas, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 102
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 102
- LLOYD FRANCIS WALKERMajor · January 31, 1967
- MERRILL VAN BEASLEYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR BEYERHospitalman · February 1, 1967
- JOHN CALVIN BOHANNONStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST THOMAS DUPONTPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 101
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.