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TERRY LEE MCNEAR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 17, 1948 – July 20, 1968
Service recordTerry Lee McNear, of Kingwood, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Kingwood, West Virginia (Preston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 20
- DAVID JAMES OHMSergeant · July 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD OTOOLE JRSpecialist Five · July 20, 1968
- RICHARD GORDON PIXLEYLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT DALE RYANLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 16
- DONALD ERNEST HEGGANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 19
- ROOSEVELT SHERMAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 21
From Kingwood
- DANA LEE RAGERPrivate First Class · January 7, 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.