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VIRGIL BYRON TERWILLIGER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 8, 1946 – March 13, 1967
Service recordVirgil Byron Terwilliger, of Mcclure, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 13, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 163 MAG 16 1MAW FMFPAC
- Born
- May 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Mcclure, Ohio (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16E, Line 74
- THOMAS R BARRYSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1967
- JAMES ARNOLD SEARIGHTPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- MARCO ANTONIO SERRANO JRPrivate · March 13, 1967
- ANTONIO VEGAPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
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.