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TERRY WILLIAM FOREMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – May 24, 1970
Service recordTerry William Foreman, of Ft Madison, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 90
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Madison, Iowa (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- 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 May 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 90
- THOMAS LEONARD FARMERSpecialist Five · May 24, 1970
- PETER WARREN GILMOREStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1970
- REUBEN ANTHONY LESSSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
- DWIGHT A MCKINNEY JRCorporal · May 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BROCKCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 89
From Ft Madison
- MICHAEL MCKEE BARRLance Corporal · March 29, 1968
- GARY LEE LEWISPrivate · September 13, 1968
- BRADLEY GENE CUTHBERTMajor · November 23, 1968
- FLOYD IRVY BEACHSergeant · December 24, 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.