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TERRY WAYNE LORENZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 26, 1946 – June 16, 1966
Service recordTerry Wayne Lorenz, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 52
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1946
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 52
- IGNATIUS CARLISIPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT DARLINGSeaman · June 16, 1966
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · May 11, 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.