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TERRY KENNETH WILKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 1, 1948 – July 3, 1966
Service recordTerry Kenneth Wilkins, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 126
- DAVID JOSEPH PHILLIPS JRCaptain · July 3, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- WILLIAM DWIGHT TAMMENCorporal · July 3, 1966
- BERNARD GORDON WALINSKISergeant · July 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JULIUS COLLINS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 123
- ERIC RIBITSCHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 124
- JAMES THEODORE NOSSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 128
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES GREENCorporal · May 8, 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.