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TERRENCE W MCFARLAND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 24, 1948 – January 21, 1969
Service recordTerrence W McFarland, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 52
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 52
- VERNON LEE NELSONCorporal · January 21, 1969
- NORMAN JAMES NOBLESPrivate · January 21, 1969
- JAMES HOLLAND PORTERCorporal · January 21, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY RADZIECKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUSSEL HOWARD HEWIT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 49
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.