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TERRY WALKER CRESSEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 25, 1946 – June 24, 1968
Service recordTerry Walker Cressel, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 27
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 27
- JESSE J CUNNINGHAM JRCorporal · June 24, 1968
- CARL LEE DOBYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- ERNEST WILLIAM GARRETTSergeant · June 24, 1968
- GARY BERNARD GRISBYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY NOBLE BARTLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 25
- CARL LEE DOBYPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 27
- ERNEST MAEHUE HODGESSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 28
- JAMES FRANK MEGAPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 29
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 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.