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TERRY LEWIS GUMP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 25, 1948 – April 13, 1969
Service recordTerry Lewis Gump, of St Helens, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 73
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 25, 1948
- Home of record
- St Helens, Oregon (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 73
- RONALD BRUCE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- HAROLD LEE GREEVERStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1969
- ROGER WILLIAM HOODCorporal · April 13, 1969
- RICARDO IBRAHIN ROMEROSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD NORGAARD JENSENCaptain · Panel 27W, Line 74
- WILLIAM HENRY MARTZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 75
- JOSEPH JOHN REMEIKAS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 77
- LARRY OLIVER ROBBINSPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 77
From St Helens
- WILLIAM ALBERT RIDENOURSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- CLIFTON FRED WAGNERSpecialist Four · March 8, 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.