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TERRANCE RICHARD LYLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 17, 1945 – November 10, 1966
Service recordTerrance Richard Lyle, of La Puente, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1945
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 51
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCATEERLieutenant · November 10, 1966
- DAIN W MILLIMANMajor · November 10, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE OBRIENMajor · November 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LOWELL EUGENE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 52
- ROBERT GREGORY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 52
From La Puente
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- JAMES WARREN LIEBESPECKStaff Sergeant · May 21, 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.