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TERRY LEE OAKDEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 22, 1946 – September 20, 1967
Service recordTerry Lee Oakden, of New York Mills, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- New York Mills, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 96
- DAVID EUGENE GOSSARDPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- ROY GREEN HARRIS JRPlatoon Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- STANLEY HORTONPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- RICHARD DALE NORWOODSpecialist Four · September 20, 1967
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.