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TERRY HUGH BEARDSLEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1947 – October 23, 1968
Service recordTerry Hugh Beardslee, of Dimondale, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 22
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Dimondale, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 22
- ROBERT CARLOS PAHCHEKAPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN PAHLPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- BENIGNO RIVERA-GALARZASpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
- ROY HASKEL WILSONCaptain · October 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND GORDON CLARKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 23
From Dimondale
- RONALD DALE ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · July 22, 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.