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TERRY D REAMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 18, 1946 – August 14, 1970
Service recordTerry D Reams, of Hudson, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 14, 1970, in Thailand, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- December 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Hudson, Michigan (Lenawee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1970. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 112
- JOHN AL PREMENKOSergeant · August 14, 1970
- DOUGLAS THOMPSONSergeant · August 14, 1970
- DANIEL CARL UPTONSpecialist Five · August 14, 1970
- DUANE EVERETT WALDRONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1970
From Hudson
- MARVIN KEITH RICHARDSONCorporal · July 11, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES RINCKSpecialist Four · October 12, 1969
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.