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TERRY JOSEPH VANOCHTEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 7, 1950 – July 17, 1970
Service recordTerry Joseph Vanochten, of Bay City, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Bay City, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1970; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 26
- STEPHEN WESTLEY BARNESPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
- CLIFFORD PAUL SCHOLL JRCorporal · July 17, 1970
- LARRY LEWIS SEADOREPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
- LOUIS LLOYD ZITTERGRUENPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GARY CRICHTONSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 24
- GREGORY DEAN UNZICKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 24
- CLIFFORD PAUL SCHOLL JRCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 26
From Bay City
- JERALD DUANE FRITZPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD ALDERSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JOHN DONALD ROCHESergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- JAMES LARRY BURNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ALGER LAWRENCE WHITE JRSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN BENSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES KLINELance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · May 3, 1968
- TERRANCE W ALLENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · August 23, 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.