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TERRY WAYNE DEAL
Seaman · U.S. Navy
January 26, 1951 – October 1, 1972
Service recordTerry Wayne Deal, of Taylorsville, North Carolina, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 1, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 1W · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- January 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Taylorsville, North Carolina (Alexander County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 77
- CHARLES WAYNE CLINARDPetty Officer Third Class · October 1, 1972
- RONALD PAUL DALEYSeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
- RAYMOND RANCE DAVISSeaman Recruit · October 1, 1972
- WILLIAM H HARRISON IIISeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
From Taylorsville
- BOBBIE MAXSEN AUTONSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
- ROBERT BLAINE DANIELSLance Corporal · May 27, 1967
- LUNAS JONAS DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD JOLLYPrivate First Class · November 6, 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.