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TERRY MAXWELL USHER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1943 – February 23, 1971
Service recordTerry Maxwell Usher, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1971, in Laos, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “173 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 1
- GILBERT OLIVER RUFF JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- ROY YASUSHI SHINKAWAWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1971
- RICKEY ALLAN SLANDERAirman First Class · February 23, 1971
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALERZAKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM BRUINSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 132
- TERRANCE AKI OGATASpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 133
- CHARLES RAYMOND HAUSHERRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 134
- DENNIS CLAUDE FARRISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 135
- JAMES ALLEN MINERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 135
- ROY YASUSHI SHINKAWAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 1
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.