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TERRY MICHAEL ELSHIRE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 8, 1948 – May 21, 1967
Service recordTerry Michael Elshire, of Joliet, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 73
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Joliet, Montana (Carbon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 73
- RICHARD JOSEPH FEEHERYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- FRANCISCO JOHN FLORESCorporal · May 21, 1967
- JOEL CAROL FOWLERCorporal · May 21, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GARY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 71
- DAVID ALAN HARALDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 74
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.