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TERRENCE ARTHUR KANDLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 5, 1949 – May 9, 1968
Service recordTerrence Arthur Kandler, of Torrance, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 25
- ROBERT NELSON JONESFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- TIMOTHY WAYNE KELLERSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- RAMIRO FROLIAN OLIVOCorporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLECorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- JIMMY RAY BROWNCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- JOHN WILBUR GRUTSCH JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 22
- RUSSELL WILLIAM JARICKPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 24
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 1
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 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.