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TERRY PATRICK SLOAN
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
August 5, 1937 – November 9, 1966
Service recordTerry Patrick Sloan, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 9, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 48
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 5, 1937
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 48
- HARLAN NATHANIEL LOCKHARTSergeant · November 9, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- PATRICK THOMAS MCDERMOTTPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- LARRY JOSEPH NEHRINGLance Corporal · January 9, 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.