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TERRY ALAN MOTE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1946 – July 1, 1970
Service recordTerry Alan Mote, of Rockville, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 109
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Rockville, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 109
- WALTER MARTIN PUCHALSKICorporal · July 1, 1970
- PAUL ARNOLD THARPCorporal · July 1, 1970
- JOHNNY ALLEN JRSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- LARRY RAY BRENNERSergeant · July 2, 1970
From Rockville
- FRANCES F NOVELLOSergeant · September 3, 1965
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · November 11, 1967
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID MASONSeaman · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- BALFOUR OLIVER LYTTON JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 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.