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TERRY WAYNE DICKERHOFF
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 30, 1948 – April 1, 1969
Service recordTerry Wayne Dickerhoff, of Plymouth, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 103
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Indiana (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 103
- LAWRENCE THEODORE ANDREWSLance Corporal · April 1, 1969
- GARY LEE DUGGANStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1969
- BARRY LEIGH GOLDENSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- JAMES LUTHER HALLCorporal · April 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN LEON GAYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 101
- BARRY LEIGH GOLDENSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 103
- JESSE DON MORRIS JRSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 104
- REX EARL RADERSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 105
- PHILIP CLARK STAFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 105
- MICHAEL GEORGE TAYLORChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 28W, Line 105
- DALE ARNOLD YATEMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 106
From Plymouth
- ROBERT LYNNE LONGCaptain · December 22, 1967
- GLENN AIREN PRANGERStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1968
- MARVIN LEE DIPERTPrivate First Class · July 18, 1969
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.