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RODGER EDSON TERWILLIGER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 19, 1942 – October 15, 1966
Service recordRodger Edson Terwilliger, of Littleton, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Born
- January 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Littleton, Colorado (Arapahoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 78
- CARLOS PIREZ-BERGESSpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- JAMES SHERWIN PITTMANPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- KENNETH EDWARD SHRUMSpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- WILLIAM J B STONEPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
From Littleton
- DAVID LOUIS HRDLICKALieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1965
- PATRICK JOSEPH HANNONLance Corporal · September 4, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL GILCHRISTMajor · October 7, 1966
- JEROME JOSEPH RINGENBERGSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1967
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK MARTINPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM HECKSergeant · February 18, 1968
- RUSSELL LEWIS WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS BARRY MITCHELLMajor · May 22, 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.