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TERRY ALAN CARLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 18, 1947 – December 31, 1966
Service recordTerry Alan Carls, of Virginia, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Virginia, Illinois (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 104
- DONALD CAMPBELLPrivate · December 31, 1966
- SAMUEL GERALD CROWELLSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- ROBERT ERVEN CURRYLance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- DONALD WILLIAM DRAKEPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD MORRIS KRAMERPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 105
From Virginia
- JOY TRINT FRENCHPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
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.