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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Terrell William Hale.

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TERRELL WILLIAM HALE

Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps

June 16, 1945 – August 9, 1968

Service record

Terrell William Hale, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 9, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 49W · Line 36

Position of Panel 49W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Marine Corps
Rank
Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
Born
June 16, 1945
Home of record
Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 9, 1968
Age
23
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

12 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 49W, Line 36

From Abilene

All 33 names from Abilene →

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.