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WILLIAM BICKERS TERRY
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 24, 1929 – March 8, 1969
Service recordWilliam Bickers Terry, of Hingham, Massachusetts, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 11
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 13 AF
- Born
- July 24, 1929
- Home of record
- Hingham, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “13 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 11
- WALTER ALLEN KOEHLERFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1969
- VINCENT GENE LEWSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LEWISSergeant · March 11, 1969
- JEAN D MARTINSergeant · March 11, 1969
- DOYCE GENE MILLERLance Corporal · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 74
- RALPH ASBERRY CONEColonel · Panel 30W, Line 76
- RAYMOND LEROY TACKEMajor · Panel 30W, Line 97
- WARREN LARUE LONGMajor · Panel 30W, Line 101
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · Panel 29W, Line 9
- ALAN CRAIG MARTINSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 15
- BARRY WAYNE MURTAUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 76
From Hingham
- CURTIS EDWARD CHASEFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1967
- BARRY LEE WOLKCorporal · February 3, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS MCNUTTPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD RYAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 30, 1971
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.