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TERRENCE MANN ROONEY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 8, 1944 – November 11, 1966
Service recordTerrence Mann Rooney, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 56
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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)
- 117 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “117 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 56
- RODOLFO GUADALUPE GONZALEZSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- EDMOND DAVID SCHOENIGSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- MILTON FRANCIS SMITHCaptain · November 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 56
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.