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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Terrence Richard Titus.

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TERRENCE RICHARD TITUS

Captain · U.S. Air Force

May 29, 1933 – June 11, 1965

Service record

Terrence Richard Titus, of Bowling Green, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 11, 1965, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 2E · Line 8

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
May 29, 1933
Home of record
Bowling Green, Ohio (Wood County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 11, 1965
Age
32
Province
Pleiku
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

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Nine names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1965; seven of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Bowling Green

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.