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TERRANCE RICHARD SCHENE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 24, 1950 – May 20, 1971
Service recordTerrance Richard Schene, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 24, 1950
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 42
- JAMES DANIEL AGUILARSpecialist Four · May 20, 1971
- ROBERT GRAHAM BRUCEWarrant Officer 1 · May 20, 1971
- LOWELL THOMAS GLOSSUPSergeant First Class · May 20, 1971
- SCOTT HERBERT NEWPORTCaptain · May 20, 1971
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.