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TERRY STEVEN LOPRINO
Private · U.S. Army
May 29, 1950 – February 7, 1970
Service recordTerry Steven Loprino, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 112
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- May 29, 1950
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 112
- ROBERT EARL HUNTLance Corporal · February 7, 1970
- KENNETH RAY LASSETERSergeant · February 7, 1970
- CARLTON BRANDARD MILLNERCorporal · February 7, 1970
- ROBERT ALBIN WHITTEDStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WAYNE MUIRPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 113
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 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.