Name: 2LT Robert Isaac Terry III
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 12/05/1967 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 22.3
Date of Birth: 08/06/1945
Home City: Corpus Christi, TX
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: VMO-2
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 31E-042
Short Summary: Under reduced visibility, the aircraft flew into the side of a mountain, exploded and burned.
Aircraft: UH-1E tail number 152434
Service number: 095780
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7563 = Pilot UH-1N Qualified
Started Tour: 09/10/1967
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Length of service: 02
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: SEASIDE MEMORIAL PARK, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
This record was last updated on 07/28/2002
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