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TERRENCE E KIERZNOWSKI
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 29, 1947 – September 12, 1969
Service recordTerrence E Kierznowski, of Crete, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 12, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 77
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- September 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Crete, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 77
- BOBBY GENE BAKERLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
- ALBERT LEE BELANGERPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- ROBERT BRUCESecond Lieutenant · September 13, 1969
- DEWEY RAY BURNS JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 13, 1969
From Crete
- CHARLES MANLEY GATTIS JRLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- GLENN ALLEN PARKSSergeant · June 20, 1970
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.