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TERRENCE M MCDERMOTT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 9, 1946 – August 3, 1969
Service recordTerrence M McDermott, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 93
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Communications & Electronics Staff Officer (70205)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 93
- CARL EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
- DENNIS RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
- GEORGE CRAIG SCHOETTNERSpecialist Four · August 3, 1969
- PHILLIP CHARLES SMITHSpecialist Four · August 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLEN ALLAN MILLINGERSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 92
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
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.