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TERRENCE JOHN MORTENSEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – April 15, 1969
Service recordTerrence John Mortensen, of Champaign, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 85
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Champaign, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 85
- BOBBY RUSSELL BAKERSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- STANLEY ALAN CARTERSergeant · April 15, 1969
- ALBERT EUGENE CREAMERSergeant · April 15, 1969
- STEPHEN WILLIAM CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT EUGENE CREAMERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 85
- DOYLE DANIEL DUNBARSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 86
- HERBERT S HILDEBRANDSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 87
- NEAL WALLACE LOVSNES JRMajor · Panel 27W, Line 89
- JOHN ETHRIDGE MCDONALDCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 90
- JERONE JAMES WARNICKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27W, Line 92
- ROBERT ALLEN YOUNG JRCaptain · Panel 27W, Line 92
From Champaign
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE DAWSONSergeant · December 19, 1966
- DENNIS GRANT NICOLAPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY HOLTHOFFSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- LLOYD LYNN HITCHINSSecond Lieutenant · December 13, 1967
- EDWARD WALDREN CRUMMajor · February 6, 1968
- DONALD MILTON DALESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 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.