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TERRY BUCKLES DAY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1947 – September 29, 1968
Service recordTerry Buckles Day, of Bountiful, Utah, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Bountiful, Utah (Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 39
- ARTHUR BLAKE CREWSSergeant · September 24, 1968
- WERNER CURT BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · September 29, 1968
- GORDON BUTLERCorporal · September 29, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- VAN LESLIE DURHAMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1968
From Bountiful
- ROBERT RALPH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- STEVEN FRANKLIN MATHIASLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- PHILIP JAMES KREK JRSergeant · March 26, 1968
- RANDY LEE MATHIASLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- ROBERT CONRAD SHANNONCorporal · July 20, 1968
- JACK ALBERT HARKER JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 9, 1969
- STEVEN DANNY LUNDLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
- MICHAEL DALE WEEKSSpecialist Four · September 17, 1969
- DONN WHITNEY BELANDERPrivate First Class · December 21, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH SKEWESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1971
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.