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TERRY MICHAEL HAMMOND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 3, 1951 – August 30, 1971
Service recordTerry Michael Hammond, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 6
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 3, 1951
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 6
- HAROLD CLAYTON HUNTER IISergeant · August 30, 1971
- DONALD NEIL PENSYLSpecialist Four · August 30, 1971
- SAMUEL OLIVER SMALLSpecialist Five · August 30, 1971
- ROBERT LEE WEISSERSpecialist Four · August 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD CLAYTON HUNTER IISergeant · Panel 2W, Line 6
- ROBERT LEE WEISSERSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 6
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 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.