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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Terry Robert Albright.

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TERRY ROBERT ALBRIGHT

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

February 1, 1950 – October 11, 1970

Service record

Terry Robert Albright, of Lorado, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7W · Line 125

Position of Panel 7W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Armor Crewman (11E)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
February 1, 1950
Home of record
Lorado, West Virginia (Logan County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 11, 1970
Age
20
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Died of other causes

Context · from the records

What was happening

13 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 7W, Line 125

From Lorado

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.