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TERRANCE JAMES MCGOVERN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 4, 1949 – November 8, 1970
Service recordTerrance James McGovern, of Elmwood Park, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Elmwood Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 46
- WILLARD FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1970
- DONALD WILLIAM MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · November 8, 1970
- HUGH JOHN SHEVLINSpecialist Four · November 8, 1970
- WILLIAM KENNETH VADEN JRCorporal · November 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LOUIS CLELANDSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 45
From Elmwood Park
- PAUL CHARLES BERTOLOZZIFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1967
- RICHARD CLARK ABBATECorporal · May 18, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER ALONGI JRSpecialist Four · November 1, 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.