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TERRY KENNETH HUFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 23, 1946 – July 18, 1968
Service recordTerry Kenneth Huff, of Success, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 2
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
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Success, Missouri (Texas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 2
- DAVID J ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- LEWIS DAVIS BLACKSpecialist Six · July 18, 1968
- MANUEL ANGEL CASTILLOPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- GEORGE ANASTA CAVALARATOSSergeant · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE ARNOLD DAVISSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 3
- ALVIN MACK LASTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 6
- GARY BERNERD SANFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 8
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.