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TERRY LEE GILPIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 16, 1949 – August 2, 1970
Service recordTerry Lee Gilpin, of Marianna, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Marianna, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 77
- RUDOLPH WILLIAM GRIFFINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1970
- LESTER KINGPrivate · August 2, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH RUSSELLSpecialist Four · August 2, 1970
- TERRY STEPHEN SELLSStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1970
From Marianna
- GEORGE EARL GLENN JRCorporal · September 25, 1967
- SHERMAN THOMAS WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS HARRISStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1969
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.