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TERRY LEE ANDRESEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 5, 1949 – November 14, 1969
Service recordTerry Lee Andresen, of Morrisville, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Morrisville, Missouri (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 72
- MICHAEL JAMES ROBINSONPrivate · November 13, 1969
- CYRIL HARRIS TOWNLEYLance Corporal · November 13, 1969
- DAVID PETER J BEDROSIANSpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
- HOWARD MICHAEL BURNSPetty Officer Third Class · November 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RICKEY LINDSAYPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 75
- JAMES ROBERT VANHATTEMCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 77
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.