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TERRY LEE SCHELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – April 1, 1970
Service recordTerry Lee Schell, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; 27 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 74
- JOSE LUIS QUINONESSergeant · April 1, 1970
- DONALD RAY O RAGSDALECorporal · April 1, 1970
- TERRY WARD RATCLIFFStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- BILLY JOE SCHAFFERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE EDWIN SUTTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 76
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.