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TERRENCE JAY CATHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1946 – September 2, 1966
Service recordTerrence Jay Cather, of Port Chester, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Port Chester, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 61
- DAVID W ROBUSTELLINIPrivate First Class · September 1, 1966
- WILSON CHARLES BICKLEYSergeant · September 2, 1966
- JOSEPH QUINTON CONWAYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN JANHUNENPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
From Port Chester
- CHARLES THOMAS TATE JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK LARKINLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- JOSEPH EARNEST SMITHCorporal · August 20, 1968
- MARIAN JAMILSKIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- FRANK ROBERT HOWEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1969
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.