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TERRY LYNN ANTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1947 – April 8, 1967
Service recordTerry Lynn Anton, of Sumter, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 119
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Sumter, South Carolina (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 119
- THOMAS PATTERSONSergeant · April 7, 1967
- BERNARD MONROE THOMASSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- PATRICK JOHN TRODDENPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- IRVIN SYLVESTER BANKSCorporal · April 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WAYNE BOAZPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 120
- BOHDAN KOWALSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 124
- JOHN HARRY PERDUEPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 127
From Sumter
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- HAROLD MCRAE SMITHPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- LELAND EMANUEL HAMMONDLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY STEWARTStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- BEN WHITESergeant · July 10, 1967
- DAVID NATHANIEL GREEN JRSecond Lieutenant · July 24, 1967
- WALLACE GOURLEY HYNDS JRColonel · August 2, 1967
- CARL MCFADDEN JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE HARVINCorporal · November 9, 1968
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.