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TERRY BROOKS DYER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 23, 1950 – December 26, 1969
Service recordTerry Brooks Dyer, of La Puente, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 93
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1950
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 93
- GENE THOMAS WRIGHTMajor · December 19, 1969
- DAVID BICKNEL BOWLINGFirst Lieutenant · December 26, 1969
- ROGER RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · December 26, 1969
- RICKY MAURICE GLASPEYPrivate First Class · December 26, 1969
- GLYNN BYRON HOLLEYAirman First Class · December 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EARL GENE LEACHCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 95
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.