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TERRY MARTIN RIMES
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
September 21, 1922 – June 3, 1967
Service recordTerry Martin Rimes, of Thomasville, Georgia, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 51
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 Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1922
- Home of record
- Thomasville, Georgia (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 44
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 51
- JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- KARL BALTHASAR RISCHE JRCorporal · June 3, 1967
- LUTHER ROBINSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDMUND GARDNER EXUM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 44
- JOSEPH M KIERNAN JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 21E, Line 48
- ALLEN TRUMAN NEWMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21E, Line 50
- RODNEY HOWE SMITHLieutenant Colonel · Panel 21E, Line 53
- MILLARD LEON TREADWELL JRMajor · Panel 21E, Line 53
From Thomasville
- FRANK THORNTON JRSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- LEROY ELTON JONESSergeant · December 21, 1965
- THOMAS DAVID CAMPBELLSergeant · May 29, 1966
- RALPH E MANNINGStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH PEARSONMajor · August 17, 1966
- EARL DANIELS JRStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE ALLEN WHITFIELDSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEYSergeant · December 4, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES SCOTTCorporal · February 12, 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.