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TERRANCE R MESENBURG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 22, 1949 – June 6, 1969
Service recordTerrance R Mesenburg, of Huron, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 90
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Huron, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 90
- LEO RENE MARCOULIERCaptain · June 6, 1969
- BRUCE CALVIN MAYNARDSergeant · June 6, 1969
- TERRY DEAN MILLERCorporal · June 6, 1969
- LARRY JAMES NICHOLSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY LINDSEY RAMEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 91
From Huron
- JAMES CHARLES FEKETESergeant First Class · June 15, 1967
- THEODORE DAVISON WARDSergeant · May 8, 1969
- GREGG WILLIAM HEIDRICHPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES BAUMERFireman · January 21, 1970
- DAVID MASON SEXTONSergeant · March 15, 1971
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.