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TERRANCE NEIL GENTRY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1949 – August 25, 1969
Service recordTerrance Neil Gentry, of Man, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 112
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Man, West Virginia (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 112
- JEFFERY LYNN GEIBCorporal · August 25, 1969
- EDWARD ROY GRUSCZYNSKILance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- HERBERT CHARLES HEINTZLance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- FELIPE HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ERNEST GAFTUNIKSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 111
- ALAN PETER STRAZZANTISergeant · Panel 19W, Line 116
From Man
- WILLIAM AUBREY LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · April 17, 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.