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TERRY LEE NIELSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 23, 1950 – February 21, 1971
Service recordTerry Lee Nielsen, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 129
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1971
- 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
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 129
- ROGER LEE MAKISpecialist Five · February 21, 1971
- RICHARD LEE MARTINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
- ROBERT JAMES POTTSSergeant · February 21, 1971
- JOHN RAYMOND SELAKPrivate First Class · February 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PETER LINO BARILIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 127
- JAMES PATRICK CALIFFCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 127
- SABINO LARA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 128
- JOHN RAYMOND SELAKPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 129
- FREDERICK ANTHONY YOUNGCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 130
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.