TERRELL JOHN WESLY

Name: 1LT John Wesly Terrell
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 11/17/1967 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 22.6
Date of Birth: 04/02/1945
Home City: Akron, OH
Service: IN branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 1 BDE 4 INF
Major organization: 4th Infantry Division
Service: IN branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 30E-012
Short Summary: Ground casualty, may have been with A/3/12 INF at the time
Service number: O5333825
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 062B = Helicopter Pilot, Utility and Light Cargo Single Rotor
Primary cause: Need to Verify
Compliment cause: small arms fire
Started Tour: 08/12/1967
"Official" listing: ground casualty
Length of service: 01
Location: Kontum Province II Corps.
Reason: gunshot or small arms fire
Casualty type: Hostile - died of wounds
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Negro
Religion: Baptist - other groups
Burial information: MOUNT PEACE CEMETERY, AKRON, OH
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 08/23/2002


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