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TERRY LYNN REXROAT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1949 – November 26, 1969
Service recordTerry Lynn Rexroat, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 126
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- August 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 126
- ARTHUR JOHN RAMBOStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1969
- DAVID GERALD RITZPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
- BARRY FRANK SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 26, 1969
- WILLIAM F VANCLEAVEPrivate First Class · November 26, 1969
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 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.