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TOMMY J TERRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1945 – February 16, 1967
Service recordTommy J Terry, of Chesaning, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Chesaning, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 52
- WILLIAM ARCHABLE THOMASStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- KENNETH CARL TITSWORTHPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN UHLIGWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- ALTON JOSEPH ZERANGUE JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 42
- JERRY BOGGIE GOLDINGSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 44
- JEFFREY G KAZIKOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 45
- TROY LEE KNIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 46
- JAMES HOWARD MONROEPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 48
- NORMAN JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 48
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 49
- KENNETH WAYNE OGLESSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 49
From Chesaning
- GERALD DONALD HOOVERSergeant · May 22, 1966
- LARRY DEAN GOODPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL ALLARDSergeant First Class · August 24, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH KLIGAR IIISergeant · August 25, 1970
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.