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TERRY LYNN HOCHSTETLER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 28, 1951 – June 11, 1972
Service recordTerry Lynn Hochstetler, of Dover, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 11, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Dover, Ohio (Tuscarawas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 40
- WAYNE BIBBSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1972
- JAMES EDWARD HACKETTSpecialist Four · June 11, 1972
- ARNOLD EDWARD HOLM JRCaptain · June 11, 1972
- JAMES RUSSELL MCQUADEFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1972
From Dover
- JAMES BLAIR ALEXANDER JRSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- ROGER DALE WEBERSergeant · June 6, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE ALLAN JRSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
- DANIEL KENNETH HINKELPrivate First Class · March 26, 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.