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TERRY JOE BARNHOLDT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 24, 1948 – March 29, 1969
Service recordTerry Joe Barnholdt, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 78
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 78
- PAUL JOSEPH BAKERCorporal · March 29, 1969
- ROBERT DAVID BENGTSONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS BOARDStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH CANAVAN JRStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOSEPH SCHWICHOWStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 80
- LARRY KEITH HOCUTTPrivate · Panel 28W, Line 82
- FRANK LESLIE KECKPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 82
- JOHN LEROY PARTEESergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 84
- VICTOR HEENAN PRITCHARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 85
- THOMAS ARTHUR WIESECorporal · Panel 28W, Line 88
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
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.