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TERENCE FRANCIS COURTNEY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 15, 1946 – May 2, 1972
Service recordTerence Francis Courtney, of Skokie, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 2, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 11
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- August 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Skokie, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1972; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 11
- KENNETH RAY BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1972
- WILLIAM CLIFTON JESSEChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 2, 1972
- CHARLES VERNON MORGANSpecialist Four · May 2, 1972
- JOHN JOSEPH PETRILLA JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 2, 1972
From Skokie
- ROBERT ALAN PEACHPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- ANDREW HARRY SHIMPSpecialist Five · June 9, 1967
- SHELDON BORIS SCHULMANFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN MACHACEKLance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- PAUL ALAN STENDERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- GERALD F PELZMANNFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD GIRSCHSergeant · April 5, 1968
- ROBERT M PRESS JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 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.