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TERENCE ARNOLD HANDLEY
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 9, 1950 – October 20, 1970
Service recordTerence Arnold Handley, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 12
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 12
- JOHN DEWITT DRAKESeaman · October 20, 1970
- LARRY WYATT KILGORECorporal · October 20, 1970
- VINCENT R KOTARSKI JRPrivate First Class · October 20, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM MARSHALLSpecialist Five · October 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD CORNELL GAYSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 11
- RICHARD WILLIAM MARSHALLSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 12
- KENNETH MARTIN SCHLIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 13
- GARY LEE SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 13
- JOSEPH JOHN STOJINSKI JRSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 13
- THOMAS RAY WEISSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 14
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.