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TERRY EUGENE GORSLENE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 6, 1950 – January 8, 1970
Service recordTerry Eugene Gorslene, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 13
- GEORGE MCDONALD HINESCorporal · January 8, 1970
- RONALD FRANK HOPKINSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1970
- EDWARD JAMES JUSTICELance Corporal · January 8, 1970
- KENNETH THOMAS KLEPPINSpecialist Five · January 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 15
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.