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TERRANCE DUANE MARPLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – July 28, 1970
Service recordTerrance Duane Marple, of Piedmont, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 62
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Piedmont, West Virginia (Mineral County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 62
- KEVIN MARK FRYEWarrant Officer 1 · July 28, 1970
- ANDREW LAMAR HILLStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1970
- RALPH VINCENT LACAGNINASergeant · July 28, 1970
- FRANK MARIO PASCARELLACaptain · July 28, 1970
From Piedmont
- WILLIAM HENRY CAMPBELLCaptain · March 21, 1965
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.