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TERRY EDWARD THARP
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 7, 1949 – March 15, 1969
Service recordTerry Edward Tharp, of Cleveland, Mississippi, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 49
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- April 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Mississippi (Bolivar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 49
- WILLIAM JAMES GRIFFINMajor · March 14, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE SPIEGELCaptain · March 15, 1969
- MICHAEL LEIGH STACYWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1969
- LARRY ALLEN STARKFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
- WILLIAM LAMARR TANNERLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
From Cleveland
- LESTER JEFFERSON THORNELLSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- BILLY FRANK HARPERCorporal · February 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.