Rank: Sergeant
Unit: 919th Engineer Company, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 12B – Combat Engineer
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 25-Feb-1947
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Marital status: Married to Phyllis A. Weldon, one daughter
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 17-Jun-1969
Start of tour: 5-Oct-1970
Incident date: 3-Feb-1971
Date of casualty: 3-Feb-1971
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Terrence Wayne Weldon was killed while at base camp when the area came under attack by a hostile force. / Individual at base camp, received hostile recoilless rifle attack. / Gunner on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on reconnaissance mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight. / Unit clearing an area at their base camp. Position began to receive hostile fire from a well concealed enemy recoilless rifle.
Location of fatality: Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, XT 908 294
Place of interment: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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