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TERRENCE R FEIGENBUTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1947 – February 1, 1968
Service recordTerrence R Feigenbutz, of Rialto, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Rialto, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Phuoc Long 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 36E, Line 48
- DAVIS JAMES BOARDMANSecond Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- RAYMOND LESTER CONWAYWarrant Officer 1 · February 1, 1968
- CHARLES HERMAN COOKPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JOHN EDGAR GAGNONMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- REX ALLAN BOWYERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 46
- JOHN THOMAS BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 46
- PHILIP MICHAEL GERMAINSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 49
- JAMES EDWARD HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 50
- JOSEPH PHILLIP HOLLANDCaptain · Panel 36E, Line 51
- GENE LUTHER KEAHIPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 53
- NORTON ZIGMUND KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 53
- ALPHONSO S MARTINSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 55
- JAMES ARTHUR MELTON JRCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 56
- EUGENE VERNON WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 62
- LARRY ELDON WITTLERPrivate · Panel 36E, Line 63
From Rialto
- CARL MERLIN GEBHART JRCorporal · April 30, 1966
- CLIFFORD EDWARD HAKESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT STERLING MUMMERTSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- GAYLORD EUGENE NOOTZSecond Lieutenant · July 12, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN GUTHRIESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ROMOPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- TOBY WINDFIELD STREETFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1969
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- GARLIN JERIS HENDERSON JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- RICHARD PAUL COXPrivate First Class · March 22, 1970
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.