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TERRY LEE DILLARD
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 5, 1947 – July 27, 1968
Service recordTerry Lee Dillard, of Lebanon, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 18
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Tennessee (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 18
- DAVID PHERRAL DUNYONPrivate First Class · July 27, 1968
- JAMES EDSALLLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- WILLIAM LOYD FOLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1968
- JOSEPH RALPH FRANCKOWIAKCorporal · July 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE NICHOLAS BOLAKSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 17
From Lebanon
- JAMES EDWARD BUSHSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- BILLY EDWARD STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- CLYDE ANDERSON WARDSergeant First Class · May 21, 1967
- JERRY DAVID LANCASTERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RONNIE CALVIN PRESLEYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- HESSIE ALLEN BROOKSSpecialist Five · January 20, 1971
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.