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TERRENCE EDWARD STAUDOHAR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1945 – February 6, 1968
Service recordTerrence Edward Staudohar, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; 52 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 70
- JERRY G SIMSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- JAN MARTINE STODDARDPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- LARRY WARREN STULLPetty Officer Third Class · February 6, 1968
- LOUIS VINCENT SUPINOStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN JOHN BYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 49
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 55
- PETER RAYMOND HANSEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 57
- ALLEN HIDEO HARANOPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 57
- DUANE EDWARD LITZINGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 60
- MICHAEL MULLERVYPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 63
- DENNIS DEAN NEHRINGPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 64
- RICHARD CONAWAY OBRIENSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 65
- AURELIO R RAMON JRSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 67
- JOSE ANTONIO TRAVIESOPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 72
- JAMES LEROY WISE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 74
- RAYFIELD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 75
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.