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ROBERT LOUIS TERRY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 2, 1944 – February 26, 1966
Service recordRobert Louis Terry, of Homestead, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 158 ENG BN 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Homestead, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 82
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- FRANCIS DESALES WILLSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS AYRESSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
From Homestead
- RICHARD HUGH CASSUBESergeant · February 22, 1966
- DOUGLAS JOHN WEISSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- WILLIE DONALD JONESSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- ERNEST LEON HURDPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- DANNY R AYERSSergeant · September 14, 1968
- DONNY RAY STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- BRIAN RANDALL FREDRICKCorporal · January 12, 1969
- CHARLES CRAIG VICKREYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
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.