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TERRY FRANCIS MEZERA
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 5, 1949 – January 16, 1971
Service recordTerry Francis Mezera, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 50
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; six of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 50
- EARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1971
- REINALDO REIN RODRIGUEZCorporal · January 16, 1971
- ROY RODRIGUEZ SALINASSergeant First Class · January 16, 1971
- BRUCE CHARLES SHOVERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DARBYPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 48
From Eau Claire
- RODNEY JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- GORDON HARRY BLEXRUDESergeant · August 24, 1965
- GERALD ARLENE VIZERPrivate First Class · May 30, 1967
- ERLING ALTON ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HAROLD JOHN MOECaptain · September 26, 1967
- LARRY DUANE TRAASETHLance Corporal · December 18, 1967
- ROY ARTHUR HUSSLieutenant (junior grade) · February 6, 1968
- LOWELL TODD PETERSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RONALD ROY BLOHMWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD UTEGAARDSergeant · June 13, 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.