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TERRY LYNN SAYER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 22, 1947 – March 6, 1969
Service recordTerry Lynn Sayer, of Holbrook, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 60
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Holbrook, Nebraska (Furnas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 60
- HAROLD LAVERN SEAMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1969
- PAUL EDWIN STROUSEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- LYLE JOHN THOMPSONCaptain · March 6, 1969
- PAUL PETER VAVROSKYSpecialist Four · March 6, 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.