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TERRANCE FREDERICK KANE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 4, 1947 – August 11, 1969
Service recordTerrance Frederick Kane, of Groton, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 2
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
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 14 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Groton, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 2
- ALAN DARYL HARVEYPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM HOCKLance Corporal · August 11, 1969
- EDWARD LEE KANTERSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- KENNETH MARCUMCorporal · August 11, 1969
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.