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TERRY EUGENE DIFFENDERFER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1947 – June 30, 1968
Service recordTerry Eugene Diffenderfer, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- 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 June 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 23
- JAMES VIRL DENHAMSergeant · June 30, 1968
- GEORGE BENNIE DUKESStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1968
- JOHN CURTIS FIELDSSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- JOHN DAVID GOLLAHONLieutenant (junior grade) · June 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES VIRL DENHAMSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 23
- GEORGE ANTHONY SCORSONESergeant · Panel 54W, Line 25
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 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.