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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Terry Lee Delcambre.

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TERRY LEE DELCAMBRE

Private First Class · U.S. Army

September 18, 1950 – March 31, 1969

Service record

Terry Lee Delcambre, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 28W · Line 97

Position of Panel 28W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Radio Operator (05B)
Unit (as recorded)
B CO 116 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
Born
September 18, 1950
Home of record
Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 31, 1969
Age
18
Province
Binh Thuan
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 28W, Line 97

From Amarillo

All 52 names from Amarillo →

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.