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TERRY PENSONEAU
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 21, 1944 – December 16, 1968
Service recordTerry Pensoneau, of Belleville, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 29
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- October 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Belleville, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 29
- TOMMIE JOE CLARKStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN FISKSergeant · December 16, 1968
- DAVID ABRAM FLEISCHERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1968
- RAMIRO INFANZON-COLONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
From Belleville
- PHILIP CORY SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD DENNYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- WILLIAM HOWARD THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1967
- JOSEPH DUNN WYLIE IIIPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD NEUMEYERAirman · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD IRWINSpecialist Five · August 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE GRASSSpecialist Four · August 31, 1967
- GLENN R EISENHOURSecond Lieutenant · November 13, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE LANKFORDCorporal · April 28, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
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.