Virgil Byron Terwilliger

Vietnam War
UnitMarine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163
RankLance Corporal U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromMcClure Ohio
Date of DeathMarch 13 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lance Corporal Terwilliger was a member of the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163, Marine Air Group 16, 1st Marine Air Wing. On March 13, 1967, he was flying in a Sikorsky Seahorse Utility Helicopter (UH-34D) on an extraction mission 14 miles northeast of Khe San, South Vietnam, when the helicopter was shot down. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.