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TERRY RICHARD LITZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1946 – September 7, 1967
Service recordTerry Richard Litz, of Olanta, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 24
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Olanta, Pennsylvania (Clearfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 24
- ALLEN DALE GAILEY JRPrivate · September 7, 1967
- MICHAEL GIDVILASSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- HUGH CRAIG GOINSCorporal · September 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD JOHN TAUSCHEKPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 32
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.