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PATRICK WAYNE TERRY
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 23, 1950 – April 23, 1971
Service recordPatrick Wayne Terry, of Moultrie, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Moultrie, Georgia (Colquitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 5
- ROBERT MICHAEL FUHRMANCorporal · April 23, 1971
- ROY LANE NELSONFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1971
- DALE EDWARD SORENSENCorporal · April 23, 1971
- GEORGE HARDY WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · April 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD WALTER CORCORANSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 4
- NORMAN CHARLES FISCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 4
- DALE EDWARD SORENSENCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 5
- GEORGE HARDY WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 5
From Moultrie
- ROY LYNWOOD MURPHYLance Corporal · May 29, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS ELRODPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- MAX EUGENE SLOANLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- CLEMMIE JAMES TOMLINSONMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1967
- BRUCE CROCKLIN ALFREDPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- BILLY HUGH HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHNNY DALE CASEYSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · November 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EDGAR MCGUIREStaff Sergeant · December 28, 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.