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TERRY MICHAEL WESTERGARD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 6, 1948 – November 12, 1968
Service recordTerry Michael Westergard, of Ireton, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Ireton, Iowa (Sioux County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 57
- LARRY EUGENE SOMMERSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE SPENCER JRCorporal · November 12, 1968
- WYATT STEPHEN THOMASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT BOGARTSergeant · November 13, 1968
From Ireton
- ROBERT A VANBALLEGOOYENPrivate First Class · October 14, 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.