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TERRY ARDEN DENNISON
Commander · U.S. Navy
January 20, 1934 – July 19, 1966
Service recordTerry Arden Dennison, of Cosmopolis, Washington, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on July 19, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 37
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- January 20, 1934
- Home of record
- Cosmopolis, Washington (Grays Harbor County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 19, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 37
- RODGER DEAN CLAWSONSpecialist Four · July 19, 1966
- CHARLES HENRY CRANESergeant · July 19, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- JESUS DELA ROSA JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 19, 1966
From Cosmopolis
- NORMAN WARD HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- DENNIS LEON ROUSKASergeant · December 7, 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.