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TERENCE MICHAEL KJOS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1950 – August 19, 1970
Service recordTerence Michael Kjos, of Mahnomen, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 124
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- August 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Mahnomen, Minnesota (Mahnomen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 124
- FREDERICK WILLARD CROSSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1970
- FRANK ROCCO FRATELLENICOCorporal · August 19, 1970
- EVELIO ALFRED GOMEZPrivate First Class · August 19, 1970
- DANIEL LAWRENCE AAMOLDAirman First Class · August 20, 1970
From Mahnomen
- WAYNE ADELBERT MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- LAWRENCE MARVIN SVOBODNYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
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.