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TERRY LYNN GREENHALGH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 15, 1940 – December 22, 1968
Service recordTerry Lynn Greenhalgh, of Sunnyside, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 22, 1968, in Laos, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 63
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Sunnyside, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 36W, Line 63
- DONALD GEORGE BOUSLEYPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- CHARLES PHILLIP GLENNPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- THOMAS LEE GOODALESpecialist Four · December 22, 1968
- ARNOLD JANSSENHospitalman · December 22, 1968
From Sunnyside
- ROGER LYNN SHREWSBERRYCorporal · September 1, 1968
- DALE ALAN MACARTHURSergeant · December 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.