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TERRYL GLENN PARTSAFAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 5, 1948 – November 29, 1968
Service recordTerryl Glenn Partsafas, of Medford, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Medford, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 7
- JOHN SHELBY POOLERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- GARY DAVIS PRINCECorporal · November 29, 1968
- TED JAMES RULEFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1968
- HURSTON EDWARD WORRELLPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERIBERTO BLANCOPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 4
- VESTIE TIMOTHY DRIGGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 5
- JESUS EPHRAIM GOMEZ JRCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 5
From Medford
- JAMES HERBERT ROWDENPrivate · March 5, 1966
- KEITH LEROY SHIPPPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- WALTER RICHARD SPEARE IIICaptain · November 11, 1966
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- CHARLES HARRY SNOWPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JAY DEAN JOHNSONCorporal · September 2, 1967
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- JAMES CARL WHISNANPrivate First Class · March 14, 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.